{"id":8536,"date":"2021-05-07T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T17:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7186"},"modified":"2021-05-07T19:19:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T17:19:21","slug":"what-is-happening-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/what-is-happening-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"What is happening in Colombia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>What is happening in Colombia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span>In this interview, we speak with Joshua Collins, a freelance journalist based in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, from where he covers Latin America. We talk about why people are demonstrating in Colombia and why these protests are different from previous ones. We also examine the political context in which they are taking place. Finally, we discuss whether the media is adequately covering the protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: What is happening in Colombia?<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is happening in Colombia?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QloD7HP6U60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT JOSHUA COLLINS<\/h2>\n<p><span><strong>Joshua Collins<\/strong> is a freelance journalist based in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, and covers Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CREDIT FOR FEATURED IMAGE: <a href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/invisiblesmuros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JOSHUA COLLINS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview, we speak with Joshua Collins, a freelance journalist based in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, from where he covers Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"channel":[],"class_list":["post-8536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-politics"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is happening in Colombia? 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