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Unemployment in Colombia: another day of protests is called for May 5

2021-05-03T16:48:13.027Z


The National Unemployment Committee said that the mobilizations in Colombia against the government of Iván Duque would continue.


Duque withdraws tax reform bill and asks for another 3:42

(CNN Spanish) -

The National Unemployment Committee considered as "a triumph" of the protesters the announcement of the President of Colombia Iván Duque to withdraw the tax reform bill.

However, through a statement issued this Monday, he expressed his decision to continue the strike and the national mobilization, demanding among others, constitutional guarantees for the protest, demilitarization of cities and negotiation with the Government on health law, basic income, defense of national production, among others.

  • President Iván Duque orders the withdrawal of the tax reform bill

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The mobilizations continue for the fourth consecutive day after the president, Iván Duque, presented a tax reform project to try to cover the deficit in public finances.

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The initial tax reform proposal aimed to increase the value added tax (VAT) of various products and services, as well as to start charging it on products that were exempt.

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The mobilizations began on April 28, when thousands of Colombians took to the streets to protest against the tax reform, marches called despite the third peak of coronavirus facing the country.

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Cali has become the epicenter of these demonstrations and the date coincides with the celebration of Labor Day.

In the middle of a crowd there is a bus with the legend "The united people will never be defeated" painted on the windows.

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A man holds a sign that reads "I'd rather die in the fight than live in the filthy one" from above a tree at the protest against tax reform in Cali, Colombia.

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"On the other side of fear is the country we dream of" is seen in one of the posters against the tax reform.

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"They took so much away from us that they took away our fear. No to tax reform" reads one of the banners at the protest on May 1, Labor Day, in Cali, Colombia.

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"If Duque insists, Cali resists," reads a banner inside the march.

The tax reform proposes the payment of 19% VAT on previously exempt products, such as natural gas, electricity, sports and cultural events, funeral services, among others.

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A woman with her face painted in the colors of the Colombian flag participated in the march against the tax reform which, among other things, proposes to increase VAT from 5% to 19% on gasoline and diesel.

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"Democracy is not in quarantine" reads a banner of the march against the tax reform, which also refers to the current pandemic by covid-19.

On May 1, Colombia reported more than 18,000 new cases of covid-19, according to the Ministry of Health.

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After the series of protests, on Friday, May 30, Duque announced that he had ordered the Ministry of Finance to draft, together with Congress, a new tax reform text. Credit: LUIS ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images

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The new proposal would be made up of "valuable proposals that have been presented by parties, civil society organizations and that have been presented by the private sector," said the president on Friday.

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At least five civilians and a policeman have died during four days of protests against the Colombian government's tax reform proposal, Ombudsman Carlos Camargo reported this Saturday, citing figures from the Attorney General's Office.

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For this reason, they once again called on all citizens to "maintain and increase" the national strike actions and to carry out a peaceful mobilization this Wednesday in compliance with biosafety standards.

Source: cnnespanol

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