Protests: A week of tear gas and transport woes

Transport and student strike action continue to rock the capital.

ESMAD police arrive at Javeriana university. Photo: Colectivo José Martí

Protests rocked Bogotá this week bringing transport misery to millions and accusations of heavy-handed policing as tear gas wafted through university sectors of the city.

Steve Hide: Steve Hide is a veteran journalist and NGO consultant with decades of experience working in Colombia and around the world. He has coordinated logistics for international NGOs in countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. He provides personal safety training for journalists via the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and his journalistic work has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Bogotá Post and more. He's also the Editor in Chief of Colombiacorners.com, where he writes about roads less travelled across Colombia.

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