#MeToo movement brings wave of harassment claims across Colombia

Female journalists’ accounts of harassment trigger avalanche of allegations reaching as far as government

Juanita Gómez was reporting on an international assignment for Caracol, a Colombian television channel in 2015, when an older colleague attempted to forcibly kiss her by inside a lift.

She only managed to break free from him by pushing him away several times. Fearing any complaint would come down to the word of a “girl” against that of a senior presenter, she did not report the incident.