OU students to host forum regarding ongoing protests in Colo

OU students will host a forum to inform community members about the ongoing protests against a nationwide tax bill reform in Colombia at 5 p.m. May 5 at Reaves Park. 
Iván Duque, the president of Colombia, announced a tax overhaul to fill a fiscal hole related to the impacts of COVID-19 in April 2021, which led to nationwide demonstrations against poverty, unemployment and inequality. More than 800 people were injured, and 19 were killed during the strikes. 
Sergio Pineda-Castillo, an OU Ph.D. biomedical engineering student, wrote in an email to The Daily the purpose of the forum is to unite Colombian international students at OU who support the 'national level’ large mobilization, called The National Strike Committee of Colombia. The main worries of those participating in the strike are police brutality, tax and health reforms increasing the country’s inequality and the implementation of a peace treaty with the Revolutionary Arm Forces of Colombia .

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