“Today we are going to confront the harmful extractivist policies that put our natural resources, national sovereignty, along with our physical and cultural survival, at risk,” read the official statement issued by civil society groups participating in the nationwide mobilizations.

The national strike, under the banner of the „Agrarian, Ethnic, Rural and Popular Minga,“ also called on Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos to give them a seat at the negotiating table in the Colombian peace talks.