President Duque offered 10 million pesos (2,600 dollars) for effective collaboration to identify and arrest perpetrators of the riots
Colombia s National Unemployment Committee, an opposition group which brings together some 40 organizations, Wednesday staged another row of demonstrations nationwide against policies carried out by President Iván Duque, who insisted on regarding these actions as extreme vandalism and urban terrorism
It was the seventh straight day of anti-government marches in the country s main cities. Except for clashes between protesters and police in the Plaza Bolívar in Bogotá all the other marches were uneventful, it was reported.
”The threat of vandalism that we face consists of a criminal organization that hides behind legitimate social aspirations to destabilize society, generate terror among citizens and distract the actions of the public force. The extreme vandalism and urban terrorism that we are observing are financed and a
Friday, 7 May 2021, 1:21 pm
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are
calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this
Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the
brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their
right to freedom of expression, demonstrating against the
tax reform bill and other harmful policies of their
government.
We want to support the
legitimate demands of the Colombian people, support the
strike, the peaceful mobilizations in line with the
decisions of the National Unemployment Committee and the
many social organizations that support them, says Mike
Treen, Advocate for Unite Union and spokesperson for
Press Release – Unite Union
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their right to freedom of expression, demonstrating against the tax reform bill and other harmful policies of their government.
“We want to support the legitimate demands of the Colombian people, support the strike, the peaceful mobilizations in line with the decisions of the National Unemployment Committee and the many social organizations that support them,” says Mike Treen, Advocate for Unite Union and spokesperson for GPJA.
Press Release – Unite Union Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their right to freedom of …
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Aotearoa are calling on Aucklanders to join people from Colombia this Sunday At 3.30pm in Aotea Square, to strongly condemn the brutal repression of the Colombian people exercising their right to freedom of expression, demonstrating against the tax reform bill and other harmful policies of their government.
“We want to support the legitimate demands of the Colombian people, support the strike, the peaceful mobilizations in line with the decisions of the National Unemployment Committee and the many social organizations that support them,” says Mike Treen, Advocate for Unite Union and spokesperson for GPJA.
Colombians protest as Duque begins talks without them 2 minutes read
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Bogotá, May 5 (EFE).- Thousands of people returned to the streets of Colombia Wednesday to participate in the second “national strike” against the government, which began dialog with various political, economic and social sectors, but not the leaders of the protests, nor the opposition.
The strike on the eighth consecutive day of protests was carried out mostly in peace, although there were riots in Bogotá, where a group clashed with police in the Plaza de Bolívar.
The violent anti-government demonstrations began on Apr. 28 against President Ivan Duque’s plans to introduce a tax overhaul bill to Congress, and continue among other things in rejection of the police brutality that according to the NGO Temblores has claimed the lives of 37 people in the last eight days.