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Apr 21, 2024 · Item 1 of 6 Demonstrators protest against Colombian President Gustavo Petro's reforms in the health, retirement, employment and prison sectors, in Bogota, Colombia April 21, 2024.
Jun 20, 2023 · Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks during a ceremony at the Police Academy in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Petro spoke on a day when Colombia’s opposition marched in a national protest against his proposed sweeping reforms to the nation’s healthcare system, pensions and labor. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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Apr 22, 2024 · BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro’s reform agenda. The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the capital. Protesters filled Bolivar Plaza outside the presidential palace in Bogota. While protests have been a constant since the ...
- How Did The Demonstrations Start?
- What Happened to The Tax proposal?
- Why Do The Demonstrations Continue?
- Police Abuses
- What Happens in Cali?
The National Unemployment Committee, made up of unions and labor organizations, called for protests on April 28 against a tax reform proposed by Duque to address a deficit as a result of the pandemic. The proposal would have raised taxes on household products like milk, eggs and meat as well as gasoline and utilities. Those who earn more than 2.4 m...
Tax reform was proposed because the government needs to raise 25 billion pesos (about $6.85 billion) to correct its economic imbalance. Lower and middle-class citizens have been outraged that they have to contribute to these new state revenues through taxes. The pandemic and lockdowns have affected people's incomes. Poverty in 2020 rose to 42.5 per...
Researchers have pointed out that inequality and undelivered promises on social issues are an explosive mix during moments of crisis. The conflict between guerrilla groups and the government made Colombia the scene of a low intensity war for over half a century. The tax reform was the catalyst for the social unrest that has been fueled by violence,...
Human rights organizations have kept their own tally on the death count and called on the government to stop the use of excessive force. In recent days, several cases of police abuse have been captured on video, including that of 17-year-old Marcelo Agredo, who kicked a policeman in Cali and was shot while fleeing. Agredo, a high school student, di...
The city of Cali, in the country's southwest, with 2.2 million people, has been militarized since the government's order. Analysts agree that Cali's geographic location makes it a hotspot for protests because of its proximity to areas affected by the conflict among guerrillas, paramilitaries and the military as well as drug trafficking and the disp...
May 6, 2021 · Colombia anti-government protest death toll rises as unrest continues. The pandemic-related lockdowns have aggravated Colombia’s inequality, with 42.5 percent of the country’s population now ...
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Mar 3, 2023 · Colombia's human rights ombudsman Carlos Camargo - who was on site to mediate - said he had spoken to protesters and stopped them from throwing petrol bombs at the oil facility.
May 31, 2021 · When the protests started at the end of April, one of the main calls was for the tax reform to be shelved. The government argued that the reform was key to mitigating Colombia's economic crisis ...
