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Added on the 06/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bogotá, Jun 2 (EFE).- Nury Rojas stares at a photograph displayed on the wall, sighs and with a lump in her throat says: "Here I am for you."She touches a photo of Angie Paola Baquero Rojas, her daughter who was killed during the September 2020 protests in Colombia against police brutality. (Camera: CARLOS ORTEGA). SHOT LIST: THE EXHIBITION "STOLEN LIVES" BY COLOMBIAN ARTIST DORIS SALCEDO AT THE FRAGMENTOS GALLERY IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COLOMBIA IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA.
Cali, May 29 (EFE).- The military and police patrolled empty streets in the Colombian city of Cali Saturday following a wave of violence a day ago that left 13 dead.Colombia's third-largest city was once again the epicenter of violence during the last month of unrest.Thirteen people were killed, mostly by firearms, according to the authorities, after violent clashes between protesters and the security forces. (Camera: ERNESTO GUZMAN).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CALI, 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.
Tulua, Colombia, May 26 (EFE).- A night of violent protests and chaos that rocked the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua also reduced to rubble its emblematic courthouse, which was the target of an arson attack.(CAMERA: Ernesto Guzman Jr.)
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plunging the country into crisis over President Ivan Duque's proposed tax reforms.The tax reforms proposal was withdrawn after massive street protests, but demonstrators are fuming at alleged police brutality and the Duque government's healthcare reforms.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.