focuses on advanced student movements in the capital cities of Mexico (Federal District) and Bogotá (Colombia) in the last three decades. In the case of Mexico, specifically at UNAM, the University Student Council (1986-1987) and the General Strike Council (1999-2000) were studied. For the Colombian case, the authors focused on the permanent closures and the loss of student welfare that occurred between 1979 and 1984, and on the attempt to rearticulate a national student movement in 2007