Instead, We Became Millions : Inside Colombia s Ongoing General Strike libcom.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from libcom.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Peaceful demonstrations were held over the weekend in many Colombian cities, among them Bogotá, the nation’s capital, where cultural organizations joined civic movements as part of the ongoing national strike Paro Nacional. While the protests drew some 3,000 participants according to the district’s Mobility Secretariat, the majority of Bogotanos continued their activities in an atmosphere of anxiety given that supplies of perishable goods are running low in discount stores, supermarkets and the capitalâs central food depot Corabastos.
On Saturday, a police operation on the
Bogotá â Zipaquira highway, which connects the dairy producing communities of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá with the capital, was reopened after barricades placed strike supporters were removed with the support of the Army. One of the instigators who rallied locals to maintain the blockade is the Mayor of Zipaquira Wilson GarcÃa. Zipaquira is
“No one was hurt, thank God,” said Andrés, in the neighbourhood known as Puerto Resistencia. “But others will come.”
Cali is the focus of a nationwide wave of demonstrations against poverty and inequality exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
But a string of incidents in which men in civilian clothing have brandished assault rifles and opened fire on protesters has prompted fears that the country – which is only just clawing its way out of war – is heading for broader conflict.
In the last 24 hours, indigenous protesters blocking roads have been shot at by assailants, fresh skirmishes have erupted between demonstrators and riot police, and residents have been trapped in their homes by clashes on the streets.
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