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Colombia has imposed a curfew on its capital city of Bogota for the first time in decades following a second day of anti-government protests. Violent clashes between protesters and police occurred after an estimated 250,000 took to the streets to reject the …

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The Colombian Migration Office announced earlier this week that all border checkpoints in the country would be closed through 22 November due to ongoing protests. Authorities in the capital city of Bogota imposed a curfew on Friday in three districts amid on…

AMYGOODMAN:This isDemocracy Now!,Democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We begin today’s show in Colombia, where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Thursday in the largest national strike Colombia has seen in years. Labo…

Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed in a U.S.-supported coup détat on November 10. The new coup government forced Morales into exile, began arresting politicians and journalists while pre-exonerating security services of al…

Drawing By Nathaniel St. Clair Coups are delicate actions that require ideal conditions to congeal. As quickly as they spring into life they can dissolve into mush. When things hang in the balance a final push is still required, and Bolivias far-right milita…

The protests were largely peaceful but by early evening turned increasingly violent as demonstrators hurled rocks at riot police, who responded with tear gas. At one point, protesters tried to enter the nation's congress and tore down a part of black cloth pr…

CARACAS, Venezuela - University students in Venezuela have staged a protest calling for an end to President Nicolás Maduros rule. A few hundred students on Thursday marched several blocks from the Central University of Venezuela campus in Caracas, but a Nati…

Iran's internet is slowly returning after a six-day blackout that left the country with little way of communicating amid widespread demonstrations over rising fuel prices. Protests erupted across the country after Irans government announced Friday that it wa…

EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) - In the high-altitude Bolivian city of El Alto, perched on barren steppe above the capital, indigenous activists have led the fight for the return of unseated president Evo Morales. Hundreds have blockaded a major power plant and…