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Peasants to strike over inaction on land distribution

COLOMBIAN peasants will begin an indefinite strike on Monday to demand the government implement last year’s landmark peace deal.

The strike was announced on Thursday by the Patriotic March umbrella group of civic organisations and a raft of farmers, indigenous and Afro-Colombian community groups.

The include the National Co-ordinator of Coca, Opium Poppy and Marijuana Growers (Coccam) union.

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