Colombia agrees on draft deal to guarantee peaceful protests
May 25, 2021
Colombia’s government and social leaders who have been at the forefront of anti-government protests reached a preliminary agreement on guarantees for peaceful protest on Monday.
The agreement was announced by Peace Commissioner Miguel Ceballos and will have to be signed off on by far-right President Ivan Duque and organizations that make up the so-called National Strike Committee before taking effect.
New protests called for Tuesday and Wednesday will be joined by judges and prosecutors whose unions and associations rejected the government’s violent response to the protests that began on April 28.
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May 18, 2021
President Ivan Duque called on the maximum deployment of Colombia’s security forces while his peace commissioner rejected strike leaders’ demands to end the violent repression of peaceful protests.
In a televised address, Duque ordered the security forces’ maximum deployment claiming that “there is a clear criminal interest” behind roadblocks that have been put up in the southwest of the country.
There exists no evidence of any involvement of criminal organizations or guerrilla groups in the protests.
The president made the announcement while the organizers of national strikes were in a meeting with Peace Commissioner Miguel Ceballos who rejected demands to end police brutality.