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This article was originally published in Spanish by Nueva Sociedad. Since April 28, Colombia has seen a massive wave of mobilizations, much like what happened in 2019, spurred by similar underlying discontents. This new cycle of protests comes amid the third wave of the pandemic, a fragile peace process, and the country’s worst social indicators in history. Covid-19 has hit Colombia particularly hard: among Latin American countries, Colombia now has the third highest number of deaths and infections. In addition, the poverty rate reached 42 percent, a level not seen since for more than a decade. Today, 15 percent of Colombians live in extreme poverty, not managing to eat three meals a day.

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