IBW’s statement on the crisis in Buenaventura, Colombia

The Institute of the Black World (IBW) is delighted to learn from friends and allies in Latin America that after almost three weeks of social unrest and state violence inflicted on the black population by the security forces in Colombia’s largest port city, Buenaventura, the civic strike leaders reached an agreement with the national government on Monday, June 5 and the strike has been suspended. Protest organizers believe that this…