COLOMBIA’S riot police attacked demonstrators who thronged the streets of Bogota on Thursday in a mammoth protest against inequality and state and paramilitary violence.
Police estimated that around 200,000 protesters — among them students, teachers and trade unionists — rallied in cities across the country, while organisers said this is an underestimate.
The government deployed 170,000 officers, closed border crossings and deported 24 Venezuelans, seeking to blame its socialist neighbour for the unrest.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
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