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Colombian Protesters Topple Statue of Christopher Columbus in Barranquilla msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
View Comments The Colombian community in Arizona gathered for a candlelight vigil at a small park in downtown Phoenix to honor those who have lost their lives while protesting against tax reform, police brutality and economic and social issues in Colombia. This is the second week that Arizona residents have gathered to show solidarity with demonstrations in Colombia. On Sunday, about 200 Colombians in the state held their own demonstration in Phoenix to show support for Colombians and to create an open space for people to speak on recent events. Among crowded streets lined with parked cars and people walking to nearby restaurants, about 20 people gathered at M.O. Best Mini Park on Friday and lit a row of tall candles while holding signs, one of which read, From Arizona, we re with you, and We re all Colombia, we re all one nation. SOS Colombia, in Spanish. ....
Indigenous peoples join the national struggle in Colombia's strike globalvoices.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalvoices.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Colombia: State terror won’t stop the struggle By Martha Grevatt posted on May 11, 2021 Since April 28, workers in Colombia have been waging a general strike. The strike was provoked by the third of three recent tax “reforms” imposed by the right-wing government of President Iván Duque. The new taxes squeeze workers at both ends, by raising taxes on personal income and charging sales taxes on basic food items. First day of Colombian general strike, Bogotá, April 28 This creates tremendous hardship for Colombian workers, whose average monthly pay is equal to around $310 well below the worldwide average and less than typical monthly rent for a three-room apartment in the capital of Bogotá. (quora.com) While workers will see their taxes go up by as much as 500%, Duque has cut taxes for transnational corporations and plans to spend billions of workers’ tax money on new jet fighters. ....
Exiles in Miami show solidarity with Colombians they say face ‘hybrid warfare’ Published: Updated: Tags: Cuban Americans show solidarity with Colombian Americans amid protests MIAMI – Exiles from Cuba and Venezuela showed solidarity with Colombian Americans during a meeting on Friday at the Brigade 2506 Bay of Pigs Museum in Miami. Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat, of the Cuban Democratic Directorate, told the group that socialists and communists from Cuba and Venezuela are playing a role in the ongoing unrest in Colombia. “It’s under attack in what is called hybrid warfare, a political front, a guerilla front in the mountains, and now this urban guerilla they have developed,” Gutiérrez Boronat said. ....