In Colombia, educators across the country went on a two-day strike from February 20 protesting against the rising violence and in defense of the right to life

The massacre of Colombia’s social, peasant and Indigenous leaders continues unabated

A popular uprising against the far-right Ivan Duque government began last year opposing the rise in assassinations of social leaders and the neoliberal economic measures

In this episode of Around the World in 8 minutes, we look at these protests and strikes in Colombia and South Africa.