Bogota Labor Day march: 219 arrests, 16 injured
Bogota Police arrested 219 protesters who took part in the march to celebrate Colombia’s Labor Day in Bogota on Saturday. Heavy clashes between demonstrators and police left 16 people injured.…
Bogota Police arrested 219 protesters who took part in the march to celebrate Colombia’s Labor Day in Bogota on Saturday. Heavy clashes between demonstrators and police left 16 people injured.…
Canadian Auto Workers union, (CAW) the country’s largest union, last week issued an inflamatory press release calling on his government to halt trade negotiations with Colombia, calling the deal “a…
American unions, particularly the AFL-CIO are delaying the passage of the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) for domestic political reasons, says the president of the U.S. Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).…
The city-wide bus strike which paralyzed Bogota transport on Monday is set to expand on Tuesday, with many taxi drivers and intercity bus drivers planning to join the protest on…
Health care workers seized two of Bogota’s biggest churches on Tuesday in protest against government measures to prevent Colombia’s health care system from collapsing. Some 300 health care workers seized…
Three miners were killed and one injured in central Colombia on Tuesday in an explosion which took place in the coalmine they were working in. The accident took place in…
Colombian labor unions demand an 8% rise in minimum wage they claim will force an increase in domestic spending and help the economy overcome drops in the export of Colombian…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe set off to the United States Monday to attend the annual meeting of the United Nation’s General Assembly and a large number of meetings with other…
While Michael Ignatieff, leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, touted himself as the saviour of Canada’s global reputation, his party was under fire Monday for supporting free trade with Colombia. Furious…