June 1, 2007
Protests Close Colombian Campuses
Student protests and blockades of buildings forced the suspension of classes on four campuses of Colombia's National University. The latest closings shut down most of the nation's public-university system last week in a controversy over who will pay for major pension costs.
University officials' decided in May to suspend classes for two weeks on the four campuses, in Bogotá, Manizales, MedellĂn, and Palmira.
The students oppose a National Development Plan recently
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