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Bogotá, Oct 12 (EFE), (CAMERA: Juan Lopez) .- Seven young people from the department of La Guajira, the northernmost department of Colombia, have been on hunger strike for more than 20 days to pressure the Government to take "urgent measures to save" this region which has one of the highest poverty rates.
Panama City, Sep 28 (EFE).- Labor unions in Panama protested Tuesday outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor and Professional Development (Mitradel) to demand the review of the minimum wage every two years and to ask for the increase of the salary since " the cost of living in the country has increased"."We demand the appointment of the minimum wage commission to discuss what the next two years will be like, as established by our Constitution and Labor Code," the general secretary of the National Confederation of United Independent Unions (Conusi), Genaro López, told EFE. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: WORKERS AND LABOR UNIONS PROTEST TO DEMAND HIGHER SALARY IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Lima, Sep 29 (EFE) .- Peruvian girls and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence need access to health protection to avoid pregnancies in children under 14 years of age, an age at which this year some 800 girls became mothers in the country.FOOTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PROTESTS IN LIMA, PERU
Panama City, Sep 22 (EFE).- Members of unions and social movements marched on Wednesday in Panama City in to demand an end to corruption and decent wages in the country, hard hit by unemployment and informality in the midst of the crisis derived from the pandemic. About 2,000 people, according to preliminary data from the Ombudsman’s Office, marched from the historic Parque Porras to the surroundings of the Panama Assembly (AN, Parliament) carrying banners and singing chants against the Government and corruption. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF UNIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF PANAMA, MARCH TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN PROTEST AGAINST THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES DERIVED FROM THE PANDEMIC IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Sao Paulo, Sep 12 (EFE).- Thousands of people took to the streets all across Brazil on Sunday to demand the ouster of President Jair Bolsonaro, but the demonstrations served to show the lack of unity among the opposition despite the escalating threats against democratic institutions being made by the ultrarightist leader.The demonstrations held in a number of state capitals around the country, including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, featured the protesters' demand for Bolsonaro's impeachment with an eye toward removing him from the presidency, but they also included an assortment of other demands. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, JAIR BOLSONARO.SOUND BITES: CIRO GOMES, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY (PDT, CENTER-LEFT)CIRO GOMES:"Whoever is a democrat in Brazil has to understand that impeachment is the only way out to protect us from the serious and violent demarcation that Bolsonaro is planning"
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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