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Colombia's anti-government protests continue without strike organizers
by Adriaan Alsema June 17, 2021
Anti-government protests continued throughout Colombia on Wednesday despite calls by strike organizers to suspend them.
The ongoing protests illustrate a rift between the organizers of a national strike on April 28 and communities that rose up in response to brutal police repression.
The National Strike Committee (CPN), which represents labor unions, farmers and students, called to “temporarily suspend” actions on Tuesday after talks with the far-right government of President Ivan Duque broke down.
Social organizations that were never represented by the CPN said they would continue their “resistance” against the increasingly authoritarian government.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-anti-government-protests-continue-without-strike-organizers/
