Miners and peasants block the Sogamoso – Bogotá road, both ways

From 4 am on Monday, August 4, miners, and peasants parameros and high hillside star protests in Boyacá, with which they block mobility in both directions of the Sogamoso Via – Bogotá (Double road BTS), at the height of the Boyacá bridge for sale, and in the cemetery roundabout at the Paip-Tunja exit.

Peasants manifest their nonconformity with environmental restrictions that prevent them from carrying out agricultural activities in high areas and moor. They claim that these actions are a “false conservation” that discourages production and causes displacement.

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“We are going to enforce our rights because at this time we are prohibiting agricultural activity … they are leaving our properties outside the land market and because all this product of a false conservationism, because These measures that have taken not only will cause displacement in many areas of the country… The peasants are guarantee that the environment is preserved, “said Francisco Parra, spokesman for the Federation of Parameros of the Colombian Northeast.

Vargas insists that they are not expanding the agricultural border And he argues that the studies on the moors are inaccurate and that their lands are well preserved.

“So we are not expanding any agricultural border. You can look and you are better preserved than ever and Nor have we let in the mining here to this moor of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy“, said.

He adds that They do not agree that protected areas are defined from 3000 meters above sea level and that it is forbidden to use chemicals in crops, since this prevents productivity and decreases it by at least 100%.

It is noteworthy that the Federation of Parameros had already signed agreements on October 26, 2025, after the five days of blockages in different parts of the country, including Boyacá.

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Protest

Meanwhile, so much, Miners of the carboniferous sector in Boyacá demand the defense of their labor rights in response to the crisis triggered by the contraction of the coal market.

In a statement issued by the committee that has declared as a spokesperson, The peaceful character of the protest was emphasized and ensured that, during its development, a humanitarian corridor will be guaranteed to allow access to essential services.

Likewise, the spokesmen called on the authorities to respect the rights of the protesters and guarantee during the day, within the framework of the right to protest. The committee He reiterated his willingness to dialogue with the National Government and announced that the advances achieved at the Concertación Tables will be communicated through official documents.

Carlos Amaya, described these strikes as a situation that worsens the economy of the department. It also explains the reasons that prevented the Minister of Environment, Lena Yanina Estrada, to arrive in Guicán de la Sierra to meet with the parameter peasants:

“One of the commitments was that the minister was going to the territory, to the north, to Gutiérrez. I asked him for the favor and I organized all the logistics after the visit to Santa Rosa de Viterbo where we made the signing of more than 9,000 million resources to take care of the palam of the comfort and sugar bread. Well, we were going out for Guicán, We were half an hour by helicopter and when we were going out the helicopter had a fault And we couldn’t leave. We tried to land, but it was already impossible to arrive on time and the minister was willing to install the negotiating table here in Tunja, “he said.

Faced with the nonconformity of the mining sector, Amaya indicated that the installation of a dialogue table with the Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy is already confirmed:

“I already talked to the presidency so that the Ministry of Finance is present and I have invited the coal -producing companies that are going through a difficult situation. I have invited an interlocution table that can clarify the requests and others. Tell the coals that a unemployment to them does are finish aggravating the problem “, He pointed out.