Colombia: Dozens injured as protests enter second week
11 May 2021 |
10:35 am
The protests began last week after President Ivan Duque introduced a controversial tax reform bill that has been criticized as regressive. Protesters rallied in the capital, Bogota, as well as other major cities.
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