Tag: protests
Colombia police hit teachers with water canons and tear gas as strike completes one month
Colombia’s anti-riot police unit ESMAD launched tear gas and water cannons at teachers in...
Rival politicians, not police, turned peaceful protests violent in west Colombia: Mayor
Buenaventura’s mayor said Monday that incitement by local politicians, not the police...
West Colombia protests turn violent; at least 2 killed, dozens injured or arrested
Days-long protests in Colombia’s largest port city, Buenaventura, turned violent on Friday...
Colombia celebrates 1st virtually non-violent Labor Day in recent memory
Tens of thousands of people in Colombia took part in global Labor Day marches on Monday. With only...
Colombia’s students succeed where politicians failed: mobilize masses for peace
Supporters of peace are organizing major peace marches throughout Colombia, achieving where...
Government enters talks to lift roadblocks, 3 protesters already killed
The Colombian Government has sent a commission of ministers to negotiate with leaders of ongoing...
Colombia peasant protests shut down roads, spur violent police response
Expanding agrarian and indigenous strikes hit at least half of Colombia’s 32 provinces...
Uribe gives Santos a second, even bigger anti-government protest within month
Colombia’s conservative opposition took to the street on Saturday to voice broadly supported...
Anti-government march in Bogota ends in violence
Nationwide protests targeting the Colombian government’s economic and social policies took...
Fed up with Santos, Colombia’s workers, students and farmers go on strike
Colombia’s largest labor unions and a myriad of social and student organizations begun a...
As taxis begin protests, Colombia embraces for tense week of strikes
Hundreds of taxi drivers from across Colombia arrived late Sunday in Bogota to protest taxi app...
Women’s rights protesters march throughout Colombia
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Colombia on Tuesday, International Women’s...
