The United Nations has been “irresponsible and reckless” in condemning the death of four protesters during clashes with security forces in the northeast of Colombia, the country’s defense minister said…
The United Nations on Wednesday criticized the rights violations of demonstrators in the northeast of the country.
Government representatives and peasant leaders from the northeastern Colombian Catatumbo region resumed talks on Tuesday, but failed to come to an agreement to end social unrest in the troubled region.
Social unrest spread across northeastern Colombia on Monday as peasants from the Arauca department joined farmers from the Catatumbo region which has seen major riots for more than three weeks.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has released a soldier they had captured in combat in the northeast of Colombia, the Red Cross said Thursday.
The Colombian government and farmers from the northeastern Catatumbo region on Tuesday agreed one the appointment of two mediators to end social unrest that killed four in the past three…
Peasant leaders from the north of Colombia said Tuesday they have called off a planned meeting with the government because Bogota refused to confirm the presence of President Juan Manuel…
Peasant leaders from the north of Colombia have agreed to meet with President Juan Manuel Santos in the capital Bogota after three weeks of protests that left four peasants dead…
Farmer protests in the northeast of Colombia have been just and the government responded too late to the protesters’ griefs, the High Commissioner for Public Dialogue, Luis Eduardo Garzon, said…