Colombia reaches deal with truckers to lift 45-day strike
Colombia’s government and truckers unions reached a deal on Friday to lift a 45-day strike that has snarled coffee exports and pushed up already-high inflation as foodstuff were blocked from…
Colombia’s government and truckers unions reached a deal on Friday to lift a 45-day strike that has snarled coffee exports and pushed up already-high inflation as foodstuff were blocked from…
Truckers, in their sixth week of strikes, violently clashed with riot police in the capital Bogota on Wednesday. The initially peaceful demonstration was heading towards the center of the city where…
Facing a truckers strike that has paralyzed the country’s highways, the Colombian government responded with tough actions against road-blocking truckers and criminal charges against strike organizers. On Thursday, President Juan Manuel Santos ordered…
For the 13th time in 15 years, Colombia’s truckers went on strike. This time, things have gone violent. Here’s why. The truckers are primarily angrily because, according to the protesters,…
A trucker strike in Colombia reached an end when the government and protesters reached agreement on Thursday, concluding 24 days of strike and losses of approximately $300 million to the Colombian economy.
A trucker strike that has kept approximately 40% of trucks off the road in Colombia is beginning to cause food shortages and increased food prices in Bogota and Medellin.
Hundreds of truckers across Colombia went on strike on Monday over freight rates and labor rights despite the president and the head of the truckers union saying the strike is uncalled for.
In order to stop a two-week long truckers strike, Colombia’s government has offered to freeze fuel prices. According to the truckers this is a “band-aid solution.”
A flood of reported cases of abuse against Colombian journalists in the last two days of national protests led an international journalist watchdog group to pen an open letter to…