Colombia

Francisco Cuartas (PST, Colombia) Trump’s military aggression against Venezuela has reached its peak with the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and the demand that Chavismo collaborate with him to impose a colonial regime as a model for the imperialist domination of Latin America. This logic has led to U.S. imperialist domination of Colombia, a country that […]

Trump's attacks on Venezuela and Colombia already include acts of war. Anti-imperialists must unite to stop this offensive with mass mobilizations across the Americas. Joint statement by the IWL, IWU, and RCIT.

The US War on Drugs has been the framework for imperialist intervention in Latin America since the Reagan era. Now, Trump doubles down on empty claims of combating the drug trade to retrench US interests and far right forces across the continent.

Joint statement by revolutionary socialist workers from Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States We, revolutionary socialist workers’ organizations from Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States, completely condemn the unjustifiable murders of sailors and fishermen from Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad by the U.S. Navy. Likewise, we condemn the disgusting, deadly threats and provocations by the Trump […]

—The Socialist Workers’ Party of Colombia (PST) To celebrate the 48th anniversary of the PST, we are publishing an article by Editson Romero Angulo from his blog, El Humanitario. We thank him for his contribution. This article offers a critical and documentary reflection on the PST’s 48 years in Colombia, from its founding on September […]

— PST (Socialist Workers’ Party) of Colombia In a historic trial, former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez was convicted of bribery and procedural fraud. It was proven that he offered money to witnesses in exchange for their silence and false testimony, as well as for altering evidence in his favor. He did this to hide […]

By Ivonne A. An emergency meeting convened by the Hague Group was held in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 15 and 16. Founded in February 2025 by the presidents of Colombia and South Africa, the group includes nine states: Belize, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa. The group coordinates legal, diplomatic, and economic […]

On July 6, the leader of the Cartagena branch of the National Union of Agri-Food Workers (Sinaltrainal), a member of the Regional CUT executive committee and a member of the Socialist Workers’ Party, was attacked and injured in the city of Cartagena by two individuals on a motorcycle as he was arriving home with his […]

—by the Socialist Workers’ Party of Colombia The government and the majority leadership of the trade union movement, represented in the National Unitary Command, are undermining the mobilization by making ambiguous and confusing proposals. This allows the bourgeoisie to take advantage and go on the offensive on the same ground. It seems that the Petro […]

By Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores – Colombia In November, when Trump’s election victory was announced, we said that “the triumph of Donald Trump in the U.S. elections is a manifestation of the lack of a revolutionary alternative for the working class and people of all countries. Faced with this situation, there is a political […]

By Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores – Colombia There is a Marxist maxim that says: “Existence determines consciousness”. This is what has happened to most of the insurgent organizations, their way of life has changed course. At the root of the current crisis in Catatumbo, which has already claimed the lives of at least 80 […]

By Rosa C., PST – Colombia The last months have been marked by mobilizations against the Petro government orchestrated by the bourgeois opposition. While countermobilizations in favor of Petro have been called by the union and social leaderships that support him. At the same time there have also been protests in response to some corruption […]

By Socialist Workers Party – Colombia Surprisingly, while the leadership of the teachers’ union FECODE (Federation of Colombian Education Workers) called on us to defend the government’s reforms, we found that after going through the process in the House of Representatives, a draft of the Statutory Law on Education was approved by an absolute majority […]

By Executive Committee of the Socialist Workers’ Party (PST, Colombia) The month of May has ended another chapter in the struggle between the government and the opposition in Colombia. Undoubtedly the first of May signaled a respite for the government. Both the size of the mobilization as well as its own discourse seemed to turn […]

On March 13, the southwestern indigenous mobilization began as a political expression of the centuries-old demands of the indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples that are still unresolved. Their demonstration ended in Cali, in Puerto Resistencia, a symbolic place for the National Strike of 2021, where President Petro received them with an eloquent speech. In his feverish […]

We are reprinting the same article that was originally published in Revista Izquierda (#114 – December). Meanwhile, the Socialist Workers Party (PST) is currently analyzing the depth of the changes that have occurred with the national strikes of 2019 and 2021, and the possibility that we are facing a new historical stage is still a […]