The Paro Nacional has as its objective to debilitate the right-wing party of President Iván Duque ahead of the 2022 presidential race, affirms trade unionist.
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As the national strike in Colombia began day 43 with an unsuccessful statue toppling of Queen Isabel I by members of the Misak indigenous tribe, and that resulted in police intervening to open up the main road that leads to El Dorado airport, the so-called “siege of Bogotá” was perpetrated by no more than 3,000 protestors (according to the district’s Government Secretariat).
As the city of eight million faced mobility gridlock given road blockades, and violent confrontations between anti-riot squadrons and “first line” anti-government protesters, many armed with improvised bats, shields and ski goggles to defend their makeshift barricades from water cannons and roiling tear gas, the “siege” quickly morphed into another day of senseless vandalism, much of it, targeting the Bogotá’s already smashed public transportation infrastructure.
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BOGOTA, June 7 Colombia announced Sunday an effort to “modernise” the police, who have been widely criticised internationally for the violent repression of anti-government protests. President Ivan Duque said he ordered the creation of “a decree that will modernise the structure of the.