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Protests have spread across Colombia. Here’s why. Ana Vanessa Herrero © Ivan Valencia/AP Anti-government demonstrators rally Wednesday in Bogotá, Colombia. Violent protests have convulsed cities across Colombia over the past week, leaving two dozen people dead and hundreds injured. The unrest, sparked by an unpopular tax proposal, has grown into a broader expression of anti-government rage. Demonstrators, many in masks, are taking to the streets daily to protest widening inequality, a slow vaccination rollout and rising poverty caused by the country’s coronavirus outbreak. Videos shared on social media show police using what local activists and international human rights groups say is excessive force against protesters. U.S., United Nations and European officials have called on the government of President Iván Duque to exercise restraint. The government counters that police are responding to leftist guerrillas and other armed groups that it says ha

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