Tag: #Bogota
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Third general strike keeps pressure on Colombia’s Duque
Bogota, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): Thousands of protesters took part in anti-government demonstrations in Colombia’s capital Bogota and other cities Wednesday during the country’s third general strike in two weeks. Strike leaders say they intend to maintain pressure on right-wing President Ivan Duque’s government, after brushing aside his appeals to cancel the strike on the grounds…
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Thousands march in Colombia to keep pressure on Duque
Bogota, Nov 28 (AFP/APP): Colombian unions marked their second general strike in a week on Wednesday as tens of thousands poured onto the streets in protest against the government of right-wing President Ivan Duque. Public transport was largely shut down and shops and offices closed in the center of the capital as a series of…
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Duque to meet with Colombia protest leaders
Bogota, Nov 26 (AFP/APP): Under-fire Colombian President Ivan Duque will meet with protest leaders on Tuesday, a minister announced, after five consecutive days of anti-government protests. “Tomorrow, the president will meet with representatives of the national strike,” said labor minister Alicia Arango on Monday at the Casa Narino presidential palace in Bogota. B The meeting…
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Duque opens Colombia talks following protests: official
Bogota, Nov 25 (AFP/APP): Under-fire Colombian President Ivan Duque, the target of days of unprecedented anti-government protests, on Sunday opened a national dialogue aimed at assuaging popular anger, even as activists called for a major new protest. Demonstrations continued in the capital Bogota, and in Medellin and Cali. While those protests were smaller than previous…
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General strike as thousands protest Colombia’s government
Bogota, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday amid a general strike to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque’s right-wing government. There were no reported outbreaks of major violence as trade unions, students, opposition parties and the South American country’s indigenous organizations challenged…
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Colombia’s defense minister resigns
Bogota, Nov 7 (AFP/APP): Colombia’s defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned Wednesday after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of several children in a military air strike on a drug trafficking gang. Botero announced his resignation after a meeting with President Ivan Duque. He faced a censure motion in Congress. “Today, in a…
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Colombia to deploy elite forces after killing of indigenous leader
Bogota, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): Colombia’s government on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 2,500 elite troops to combat dissident FARC guerillas after an attack that killed an indigenous leader and four guards. The country’s main indigenous organization for its part denounced the “bloodletting” of its people and called for a national demonstration. President Ivan Duque accused…
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Colombia elects first woman mayor of Bogota
Bogota, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota. The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the local election with 35.2 percent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando Galan (32.5 percent)…