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Bogota, Sep 3 (EFE).- Colombian sculptor John Fitzgerald sewed up his mouth to demand more budget for culture, laws that grant certain rights to artists and to reject violence in the country. Fitzgerald, who remains on hunger strike and takes shelter from the rain under a white tent located in central Bogota, told EFE on Thursday that his protest also seeks that "Colombia raises its voice." (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LÓPEZ). SHOT LIST: ARTIST JOHN FITZGERALD DURING HIS PROTEST, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Indigenous communities in Bogota join the general strike to protest againt the government of Ivan Duque. IMAGES
Nurses hold a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, as part of the UK's biggest round of health service strikes, stepping up their demands for better pay to combat Britain's cost of living crisis. As well as nurses, thousands of ambulance workers represented by the GMB and Unite unions are also going on strike. IMAGES
Bogotá, Jun 6 (EFE).- Colombia's National Strike Committee (CNP), made up mainly of unions, has decided to "unilaterally suspend" talks over the country's social crisis, the government said Sunday."Today, the committee has decided to unilaterally suspend the dialog at the dialog table. We, the government, are ready," said government spokesman and presidential adviser for stabilization and consolidation, Emilio Archila. (Camera: CARLOS ORTEGA). B-ROLL OF THE PROTEST IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Cali, May 28 (EFE).- Three people died violently Friday here in Colombia's third-largest city, the epicenter of a weeks-long "general strike" against the government of right-wing President Ivan Duque."Unfortunately, three people have died. I express my solidarity and condolences to their families. This situation has occurred between those blocking (the street) and those who wanted to pass," Cali Mayor Jorge Ivan Ospina said in a video disseminated by his office. (Camera: ERNESTO GUZMAN).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE COLOMBIAN OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE COVER THE BODY OF A DEAD MAN ON THE GROUND, DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS AMID THE NATIONAL STRIKE, IN THE LA LUNA SECTOR, IN CALI, COLOMBIA, WARNING: VIDEO MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC CONTENT.
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).