Calls for mobilizations in Hego Euskal Herria to denounce the "brutal repression against the Colombian people"
- The unions have called to mobilize in the four capitals of Hego Euskal Herria in protest at the "unjustifiable violence being perpetrated against the Colombian people", on Thursday at 18:30.
On April 18, protests began against the tax reform proposed by the Colombian president, Ivan Duque. In fact, it has received many criticisms for its proposal to increase income and commodity taxes in the midst of the pandemic.
Duque has militarized the main cities of the country, with the aim of curbing the protests, which have left 19 dead, 800 wounded and more than 87 disappeared in the country s.Varias organizations have denounced the murders, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations perpetrated by the police on its territory.
After moments of tension during the weekend, Monday Duque announced his decision to abandon the fiscal reform and one day later Alberto Carrasquilla, one of the authors of the reform and Minister of Finance.
However, social movements continue the protests and have appealed to the streets to denounce the police persecution and abuse of the violencia.De done, tax reform is not the only cause that has provoked the protests. The general strike began in November 2019 in Colombia against the government of Ivan Duque, who asked him to launch the Peace Process, to paralyze the massacre against indigenous and social leaders and to change the economic model. Although the pandemic paralysed protests, the health and economic crisis caused by fiscal reform and the pandemic has revived mobilizations.
Under the motto "in Colombia for peace, life and democracy", the unions of Hego Euskal Herria have organized mobilizations in Donotia, Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona/Iruña to denounce the "brutal popular repression" that is taking place in Colombia.ELA, LAB, CCOO Euskadi, UGT Protest
They have therefore called for mobilisation on Thursday, 6 May, at 18:30 p.m. In Pamplona/Iruña they will meet in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, in Bilbao opposite the Teatro Arriaga, in Donostia on the Boulevard kiosk and in Vitoria-Gasteiz on the Plaza Correos.
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