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October 22, 2020

Leaders of National Strike in Colombia Demand Meeting with President Iván Duque
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In Colombia, thousands of trade unionists, teachers and students joined
an Indigenous-led national strike Wednesday demanding an end to the
killings of social movement leaders and to police violence. Colombia's
right-wing President Iván Duque has refused protesters' demands that he
meet publicly with protest leaders, saying without evidence that they've
been infiltrated by "terrorists." This is protester Harold Arias.

Harold Arias: "We're scared of going back to our territories without
getting in dialogue with the president, because there is the uncertainty
that Indigenous leaders are being murdered by a national government that
does not want to respect our rights."



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