Violence grows as Colombian farm strike spreads

2013-08-30 39

Thousands of students joined farmers and state workers in the Colombian capital Bogota to protest as the 11-day agricultural strike grows ever more violent.

Police fired water canon and tear gas as protesters hurled rocks, blocked roads and looted shops.

The strike is over new trade laws, which the farmers say have left them impoverished.

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