Luisa Trujillo

An agreement has not yet been reached between national and local authorities in Peru since I reported on the mining disputes there last December.More

After a storm comes the calm. Following eight months of struggling to roll back the privatization of education in Chile, the various organizations representing the Andean country’s student movement are now in a temporary and strategic withdrawal as they plan to impact the political system more directly.More

Throughout history, South American nations have had their futures decided by a small number of people. It began with the Spaniards, who, as soon as they touched ground, let two or three religious and political authorities rule from 5,000 miles away.More

In Colombia, when the mainstream media and the government are promoting a wave of protests, expect to find a lot of television cameras using close-up shots.More

A downpour didn’t stop students from filling the streets of the main cities of Colombia yesterday. The biggest protest took place in Bogotá, where around 20,000 people walked for hours until reaching Bolivar Square.More

It’s the first time since 1990, when Colombians took to the streets demanding a new constitution, that the country’s students share a common cause.More

During the last three weeks, the Bolivian indigenous movement has taken to the streets in protest against a plan to build a multinational highway running through the Amazon, which would cross indigenous territory and a national reserve.More

A few months back, when I first heard about the student movement in Chile, Olivera’s movie The Night of the Pencils came to mind. More

It has been a year since I came back to Bogotá after two years living in Egypt, where I got to know some of the young people leading nonviolent protests and cultural activities.More