During the month of May, the Pacific Coast of Colombia was engulfed by non-violent civic strikes. In response to long-standing government neglect, poor living conditions, and insecurity, residents of the Choco Department…
The human rights commission of the Organization of American States (OAS), has urged Colombia to investigate allegations of excessive police violence during protests in the country’s largest port city. According…
Colombian authorities have arrested a host from a Cali television network on charges of kidnapping two men who were later found dead. According to footage released by the anti-kidnapping unit…
Colombia’s government on Tuesday reached an agreement that will lift the strike in the port city of Buenaventura. In the early hours of the morning a deal was brokered that…
After almost three weeks of social unrest and extreme state violence in Colombia’s largest port city Buenaventura, the defense minister sent another 3,000 soldiers to the city while negotiations with locals continue. The massive influx…
While Colombia’s western province of Choco agreed to end 11 days of anti-government protests, violence in the neighboring Buenaventura is escalating. Both Choco and Buenaventura, Colombia’s largest port city, have embarked…
Indigenous in a third of Colombia marched on Wednesday to demand the government honors a peace agreement with FARC guerrillas, end the ongoing assassination of leaders and ends land-grabbing. In…
After more than a week of protests, the people of Buenaventura on Wednesday took to blocking the country’s largest port, allowing not one truck to either enter or leave. After…
Buenaventura’s mayor said Monday that incitement by local politicians, not the police opening fire at unarmed protesters, spurred an outburst of violence in Colombia’s main port city on Friday. Mayor Eliecer…
After an unprecedented eruption of violence on Friday, residents of Colombia’s largest port city, Buenaventura, resumed their strike, and embarked on massive and peaceful marches on Saturday to demand an end…