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November 22, 2019

Mass Protests in Colombia Oppose Right-Wing Government
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In Colombia, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets
Thursday in the largest national strike the country has seen in years.
Labor unions, students, teachers, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian
activists joined in peaceful marches across urban and rural Colombia as
anger mounts against right-wing President Iván Duque and his cabinet.
The peaceful movement was met with police repression and tear gas in
Bogota, Cali and Medellin. Colombia shut down its borders with
Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil and Perú in response to the strike.


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