In other news from Colombia, indigenous groups continue to stage a massive blockade against a pending trade agreement with the US government. The blockade has drawn at least 7,000 people since Tuesday. Demonstrators have accused police of using excessive force to break up the protest. At least one demonstrator has been killed, and scores of people arrested, including four journalists.

• Luis Guauque, who took part in the blockade: “I was there, waiting, when the police passed and from the beginning they were throwing rocks at us and they threw sticks and gases and bombs–everything.”