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San Felix, May 11 (EFE).- With a huge poster that reads '#SOSColombia' several paragliders gathered on Tuesday in San Felix, a town with favorable winds for paragliding, to carry out what they called an 'Air March' and fill the sky with colors demanding that there be no more violence during the national strike. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA).SHOT LIST: PARAGLIDING PILOTS FLY FOR AN ACTIVITY THAT THEY CALLED 'AIR MARCH', OVER THE TOWN OF SAN FELIX, IN ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA.
Cartagena (Colombia), May 12 (EFE), (CAMERA: Ricardo Maldonado Rozo) .- A group of artists from Cartagena de Indias wove a Colombian flag based with used fabric scraps to join the National strike day.
800 nurses from St. Mary Medical Center, in the Philadelphia area, walked out Tuesday to protest hospital understaffing. As the third wave of coronavirus cases hits the country, hospitals are reaching capacity as hospital workers continue to suffer from burnout. According to Business Insider, the US reported a record 67,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations on November 12. But the issues nurses are striking over — caring for too many patients at once, understaffed hospitals, and burnout — existed prior to the pandemic. One study in the Journal of Nursing Administration found adding 10% more nurses to hospitals can reduce the odds a patient will die by 4%.
Striking workers from a state-run factory in Belarus join a demonstration in front of the state television in Minsk protesting against the government. Employees at several factories and the state television walked out after a historic protest on Sunday brought tens of thousands to the streets. IMAGES
Minsk (Belarus), Aug 14 (EFE / EPA) .- Thousands of workers from the Minsk Tractor Factory, one of the main companies in Belarus, went on strike and marched through the center of the Belarusian capital demanding the resignation of the president, Alexandr Lukashenko. (CAMERA: Tatyana Zenkovich)