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A failed attempt at tax reform detonated violent protests in Colombia, which left at least 19 dead and ended up forcing the resignation of the Minister of Economy as well as affecting strongly the image of President Ivan Duque. The initiative had been launched on April 15 to be debated in Congress with the aim of raising approximately $6.3 billion, equivalent to 2% of the GDP and tackling doubt commitments in a context of credit growth. The Colombian economy depends on market access and, according to official data, the country s External debt reached $156.8 billion or more than half of Colombia s GDP is reverted to the debt. ....
398 3 minutes read Photo: Protest in Cali, Colombia on May Day. Credit Remux (Wikimedia Commons) COVID-19 changed the shape of political organizing and gatherings of all sorts. But the class struggle continues, and workers’ organizations have adapted to meet the challenges. Here is a snapshot of how the world celebrated this year’s International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day or Labor Day. For U.S.-based May Day events, read Liberation’s roundup here. In Cuba, more than 80 trade union representatives from around the world, as well as political and social organizations of various progressive movements, held an online rally on April 30. Under the slogan “United We Make Cuba,” the Workers Central Union (CTC) paid tribute to health care workers, expressed their support to trade unions globally fighting neoliberalism and demanded an end to the devastating U.S. blockade that has sought to destroy their country’s economy. CTC Secretary Ulises Guillarte ....
Colombia s Workers Central Union (CUT) on Tuesday rejected the 2021 minimum wage increase set at 3.5 percent and called it humiliating. Colombia Diogenes Orjuela To tell a worker that they increased US$0.29 a day is a humiliation.is a humiliating increase in the minimum wage compared to the 5.2 percent in congressmen s wage, CUT President Diogenes Orjuela said. Including a transportation subsidy, the monthly minimum wage will shift from US$252 to US$291. However, the CUT activist Fabio Arias said that President Ivan Duque misleads people when he says that Colombian workers will earn above US$287 for the first time. Arias explained that the minimum living wage will actually be US$261, which does not include the US$30 awarded as transportation assistance. ....