President of the CUT Acknowledged that They Blocked TransMilenio as Part of Their Strategy to Promote National Unemployment in Support of Popular Consultation

The protests in support of the social reforms of the government of Gustavo Petro, carried out on Wednesday and Thursday, have resulted in a confrontation between the Mayor of Bogotá and the leader of the main working center of Colombia. Carlos Fernando Galán has announced on Thursday night that he will denounce the president of the United Workers’ Central (CUT), Fabio Arias, before the courts, for having recognized that the blockade of roads and…

The president of the workers' center admitted that they gave that order in the open lobby that took place in the Plaza de Bolívar

Transmillenio is the main transport system in Bogotá, which connects the different points of the city and mobilizes about 4 million passengers a day. Although it is forbidden, its buses are also used by informal vendors [...] La entrada Video: young people recorded Tiktok and caught theft of Transmillenio passenger was first published in Tropicana Colombia.

Fabio Arias, president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (CUT), announced a new national strike on June 11, after the two days this week. “We hope there will be a very strong mobilization,” he said. “We have called for a national strike with four caravans to four significant capitals for the popular struggle in Colombia: Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla and Bogotá.” The Central Unitaria de Trabajadores announces a new day of mobili…

Centrals and unions of Colombia. Photo: CUT. The Central Unitarian Workers’ Union (CUT) announced a new day of mobilizations in the country for next Wednesday, June 11, in the main cities. “We aspire to have a very strong mobilization on June 11, we have called it a national strike with four very large caravans towards four very significant capitals of the social and popular struggle in Colombia: Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla and Bogotá,” said th…

The mayor held Fabio Arias responsible for the roadblocks, affecting “the rights of the people who moved.” The mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, will denounce the president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT), Fabio Arias, for instigating the roadblocks of the TransMilenio bus system in the “national stopover,” which affected millions of citizens on Wednesday and Thursday, according to data from Alcaldía.