epa03831929 A Colombian coffee farmer waves a Colombia’s flag during a protest in Medellin, Colombia, on 20 August 2013. At leats 15 roads in five departments of the country were blocked by demonstrators who participate in the strike of the farming sector. The Colombian government has reiterated that although it respects the protests of the agricultural sector to which truckers and health workers have joined to raise various claims, it will not permit the block of the traffic on the roads. EPA/Luis Eduardo Noriega