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Bogota, Jul 20 (EFE).- Thousands took to the streets of this capital and other Colombian cities Tuesday to mark the Andean nation's independence day with peaceful protests meant to push the right-wing government to show greater concern for social justice.Besides demands for action to reduce poverty and inequality, signs and banners displayed at demonstrations also called for an end to police violence against protesters.Human rights activists in Colombia say that at least 60 people died during a month of protests that began in late April, including 43 people killed by the security forces. (Camera: RICARDO MALDONADO/JUAN DIEGO LÓPEZ).SHOT LIST: MILITARY PARADE COMMEMORATING THE INDEPENDENCE OF COLOMBIA IN CARTAGENA; THE COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE HISTORIC CENTER OF CARTAGENA; AND JETS OF THE AIRCRAFT OF THE COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE (FAC) PERFORM A FLY-OVER DURING THE CELEBRATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, Jun 9 (EFE).- A new of protest dubbed "Bogota Takeover" took place Wednesday in the Colombian capital with visibly smaller crowds who have been worn out by seven weeks of social mobilizations in the country.A group of around 300 people, called by the National Unemployment Committee, gathered in the National Park of Bogota with batucadas music, balloons and national flags as they waited for the rain to stop. (Camera: SANTIAGO GUERRA). SHOT LIST: AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST ON JUN. 9,2021 IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, Jun 2 (EFE/EPA).- Demonstrators took to the streets in Bogota again Wednesday during a new day of protests, which see fewer participants. On 28 April, a wave of protests began in Colombia against a tax reform project that was later withdrawn by the Government, but which did not stop the demonstrations demanding an end to police brutality among other demands. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA /ERNESTO GUZMÁN JR. /RICARDO MALDONADO/MAURICIO DUEÑAS). SHOT LIST: ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, May 19 (EFE).- Thousands of Colombians chanted "Resistance, resistance!" in the central Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá as Congress threw out the health reform proposal over which thousands had taken to the streets on Wednesday, in the fourth national strike.The streets of the main cities of Colombia were filled again after 22 days of demonstrations in which social pressure led the government of President Iván Duque to discard its tax reform proposal, the trigger for the massive marches since Apr. 28. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).SHOT LIST: AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, May 19 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Juan Diego Lopez) Sit-ins and concentrations with artistic activities create a new day of protests against the Colombian government Wednesday in several Colombian cities to demand changes in its policies.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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