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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on Monday to reject recent hikes in gasoline prices that have ...
BOGOTA — A police officer and civilian were killed during violent protests in Colombia’s Caqueta province on Thursday, and 79 officers and nine oilfield workers were taken hostage by rural ...
Informal miners in northern Colombia have ended more than a month of sometimes-violent protests, agreeing to talks with the government to try and improve labor conditions and formalize their ...
Motorcycle riders hold a caravan to protest the increase in gas prices in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) MANUEL RUEDA Updated Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 7:11 PM3 min read ...
BOGOTA - Protests against poverty and inequality resumed on Colombia’s independence day Tuesday as President Ivan Duque presented a $4 billion tax plan aimed at helping the government pay for ...
Protests have been held in Colombia as supporters of left-wing President Gustavo Petro express their support for his proposed labour reform, with the country rattled by an eruption of violence in ...
Jennifer Pedraza, a student leader who is running for a seat in Congress, gives an interview while campaigning in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Pedraza led protests that stopped the ...
Bloody, violent protests have raged on for 10 days throughout Colombia, leaving at least 26 dead and more than 900 reportedly injured, according to local officials and advocacy groups ...
The protests are taking place as coronavirus infections reach record levels in Colombia, where nearly 80,000 people have died from COVID-19. Over the past week the country has averaged more than ...
A duck dons a bandana in national colors during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, as the county marks its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia) ...
“Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through the dense city streets of Bogota and other cities across Colombia,” Al Jazeera reported the following day, November 20, 2019. “Spokesmen for ...