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Bogota (Colombia), Dec 16 (EFE).- More than a thousand people on Monday held a demonstration in the Plaza de Bolívar square in Bogota to reject the tax reform proposed by the Iván Duque administration that is being considered in the Congress.FOOTAGE SHOWS A MASS PROTEST AGAINST TAX REFORM IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, May 3 (EFE).- Taxi and truck drivers blocked traffic with their vehicles on Monday in a sixth consecutive day of sometimes violent protests against the Colombian government's economic policies.The protests, which as of Sunday had left between 16 and 21 dead, depending on the source, continued even though conservative President Ivan Duque announced that day that he would be scrapping plans to introduce a tax overhaul bill to Congress.Taxi drivers carrying Colombian flags halted traffic on some Bogota avenues to show their opposition to a proposal to legalize mobile-app based passenger transport, an initiative that Congress has already rejected. (Camera: SANTIAGO GUERRA).SHOT LIST: ANTI-GOVERNEMNT PROTEST ON 3 MAY 2021, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Cali, May 3 (EFE).- Colombian Civil Aviation Authority temporarily suspended Monday the operations of the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón airport in the Colombian city of Cali following the demonstrations against the government's tax reform in which at least 19 people were killed.According to the mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, two young men were killed in the last few hours during the protests and one of them, Nicolás Guerrero, was the son of the mayor's cousin.The demonstrations have also left dozens of businesses destroyed and have paralyzed the city. (Camera: : ERNESTO GUZMÁN JR).SHOT LIST: ANTI-GOVERNEMNT PROTEST ON 3 MAY 2021, IN CALI, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, May 1 (EFE).- Members of the riot police on Saturday clashed with protesters who arrive in the neighborhood where the President of Colombia Ivan Duque lives, during a day of protests against the tax reform, in Bogota.Massive demonstrations and marches were held in the main cities of Colombia this Saturday to demand that the Colombian president withdraw the tax reform project.The protests have been going on for three days just as the country faces the third peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS DURING PROTESTS AGAINST TAX REFORM, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, Apr 28 (EFE).- Tens of thousands poured into the streets of this capital and other Colombian cities on Wednesday to urge Congress to reject the right-wing government's proposal for higher taxes on workers and the poor. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LÓPEZ)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
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