Indigenous protesters camp in Colombia demand meeting with President Petro

Indigenous protesters camp in Colombia demand meeting with President Petro

Camps in main plaza raises safety concerns for children, pregnant women, elderly - Anadolu Ajansı

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In Colombia, a country still reeling from the aftermath of a fifty-two-year armed conflict, the central threat to Gustavo Petro’s presidency is the perception of rising violence and insecurity. With Petro’s “Total Peace” agenda in limbo after the Ejército de la Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army, ELN) bombing in the eastern region of Catatumbo, the right-wing opposition has sought to mobilize voters on a renewed security agenda. As Ma…

On Thursday, April 3, 2025, a group of more than 200 indigenous people took Bogotá’s Bolivar Square to protest. Local media reported that several of the protesters also blocked the 10th Street Race in the San Victorino sector. The protest caused chaos in Bogotá’s mobility, forcing the TransMilenio system to make detours in its trunk fleet. According to indigenous communities from Cauca and Nariño, they demanded a meeting with President Gustavo P…

The Misaks have as leader Luis Enrique Yalandá, the Quillasingas to José Manuel Castillo, the Nariño to Edwin Chávez and the Nietos of Manuel Quintín do not have The article The 3 leaders behind the 1,800 indigenous who will not leave Bogotá until they speak to Petro was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co

Indigenous leaders break free from violent acts in Bogotá and offer apologies.Agencia Period... Thu, 03/04/2025 - 15:36 On the morning of this Thursday several indigenous groups were involved in riots in the city center Tags { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DataFeed", "name": "", "description": "", "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Agency Investigative Journalism", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://agepi…

Hundreds of indigenous people from the south-west of the country arrived in the capital on Tuesday by bus and settled in the central Plaza de Bolívar to ask President Gustavo Petro to protect their territories, beaten by the violence of armed groups. Police and indigenous confrontations protesting against President Gustavo Petro in Bogotá.