Marianna Breytman · November, 2011

Latest posts by Marianna Breytman from November, 2011

Colombia: Students Gather in Bogotá's Bolívar Square

  11 November 2011

On November 10, public university students participated in marches throughout the country and gathered in Bolivar Square in Bogota, the principal administrative center of the country. The event aimed to pressure the government to definitively repeal Law 30 for higher education reform.

Colombia: The 2011 Regional Elections

  1 November 2011

On Sunday, October 30, Colombia held regional elections for local public posts. Due to the importance of these posts, these elections are tracked in the same manner as the presidential elections. Citizens followed the voting closely and the elections were widely discussed on citizen media platforms and social networks.