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Mexico City, May 8 (EFE).- About 300 Colombians took to the streets in Mexico City, demanding an end to alleged state repression against protesters in their country.At least 27 people have died, and nearly 360 have disappeared in days of protests across Colombia, plunging the country into crisis over President Ivan Duque's proposed tax reforms.The tax reforms proposal was withdrawn after massive street protests, but demonstrators are fuming at alleged police brutality and the Duque government's healthcare reforms. (Camera: AMERICA NERI).SHOT LIST: COLOMBIANS IN MEXICO CITY STAGE AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: PROTESTERS ESTEFANY JIMÉNEZ AND DARINA MERCHANT (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1. ESTEFANY JIMÉNES.- We're hurt because of our young people, because of the deaths. We cry for them and we suffer a lot from outside of the country and we also thank them. Thanks to them we have the faith that everything in our country will change.2. DARINA MERCHANT.- It is time to unite these voices to show that we no longer want militaristic, warmongering, violent governments, that we want democratic governments that respect the people.
Tunis, Nov 26 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Mohamed Messara).- The National Union of Tunisian Journalists called a demonstration on Thursday outside the Government Palace in Tunis to demand the publication of the professional agreement that they signed with the government a year ago. Among other demands, the document calls for government support for journalists affected by the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN TUNIS. SOUNDBITES OF MABROUKA KHEDIME, JOURNALIST.
Bogota, May 14 (EFE).- Colombian sex workers from the San Bernardo, Santa Fe and Siete de Agosto areas in Bogota held a protest to demand food and financial aid from the city government amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ)FOOTAGE SHOWS COLOMBIAN SEX WORKERS PROTESTING FOR A GOVERNMENT SUPPORT DURING THE PANDEMIC IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Seoul, May 13 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean supporters of former 'comfort women' gathered on Wednesday at the weekly rally against the Japanese government, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Some 200,000 Asian women, mostly Koreans, forcibly served as sex slaves, euphemistically called 'comfort women,' for the Japanese army during World War II.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PROTEST IN SEOUL AGAINST THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND IN SUPPORT OF 'COMFORT WOMEN'.
Colombians rally in the center of the capital, in Plaza Bolivar, in support of President Gustavo Petro. IMAGES