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Young men perform in a drumline during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, as the county marks its Independence Day
PROTESTS against poverty and inequality in Colombia resumed on the country’s independence day, with thousands joining marches in multiple cities.
The protests on Tuesday came as President Ivan Duque presented a $4 billion (£2.9bn) tax plan for social programmes and pandemic-related expenses.
The plan is smaller than a $6.3bn (£4.6bn) package that was presented in April, setting off huge protests across Colombia in which dozens of people were killed by authorities.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it