Colombian protest leaders call off anti-government marches

Colombian protest leaders call off anti-government marches

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Protest leaders in Colombia said on Tuesday that they will stop organizing marches in the country’s largest cities following seven weeks of antigovernment demonstrations that have resulted in at least 50 deaths.

Members of the National Strike Committee — a group made up of unions and student organizations — said at a news conference that they will suspend marches that have been taking place every week in order to prevent more deaths of protesters at the hands of police and also to slow down coronavirus contagion in Colombia, where deaths from the virus are at an […]

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