Situation in Colombia today: minute by minute

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2 hours ago

Uribe's tense interview in Conclusions

In the midst of the chaos in Colombia due to the protests unleashed by the Government's tax reform proposal and the tension exacerbated by reports of abuses by the public force and violence in the midst of riots, one of the voices that has been most applauded and criticized at the same time it is that of former president Álvaro Uribe.

In a tense interview with Fernando del Rincón in Conclusions, Uribe - who from the first moment Uribe was against the tax reform, but in support of the security forces - said that “Colombians must give support to our armed forces ».

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4 hours ago

Colombian Prosecutor: "There are structures linked to drug trafficking, the ELN and the FARC" involved in the protests

Colombia's attorney general Francisco Barbosa Delgado announced on Tuesday that investigations have determined drug trafficking structures, the ELN and the FARC, are linked to irregular actions within the protests in Colombia.

He also said that they have determined that some public officials have "instigated and organized" violent actions for which they will seek criminal responsibility for those involved.

6 hours ago

Vivanco: What Duque does in Colombia is irresponsible and very serious

"Using soldiers for these tasks, as President Duque is doing, is irresponsible, it is playing with fire, it is very serious," warned José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas about the protests in Colombia.

Vivanco advocates dialogue, while part of the population has demonstrated for almost a week to express their disagreement with a tax reform proposal.

The lawyer adds that the comments made by the former president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe about this problem can be classified as "encouraging" violence.

They ask to seek dialogue and stop the abuses in Colombia 1:41

7 hours ago

"Colombia is a rule of law with solid democratic institutions," says the Colombian Foreign Ministry

In response to the pronouncements of international actors about the situation in Colombia due to the protests against the tax reform, the Foreign Ministry said that they have called a meeting with the Ministry of Defense and the diplomatic corps in the country, to discuss the events that occurred in the last hours in several Colombian cities.

"Colombia is a rule of law with solid democratic institutions and guarantors of the rights of citizens, including the life of all people and peaceful mobilization," said the Foreign Ministry on its Twitter account.

LEE: UN Human Rights in Colombia denounces threats and attacks in Cali

7 hours ago

Operations resume at Cali airport

Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia announces that as of this Tuesday, commercial flight operations have been restored at the Alfonso Bonilla de Palmira International Airport.

The Cali airport, in Colombia, had temporarily suspended its commercial operations this Monday at 5:00 pm, local time due to roadblocks in the city in the framework of protests against the government.

8 hours ago

Duque: "We will install a space to listen to citizens and build solutions"

President Iván Duque gave a message to the nation in which he announced that he is going to install a space to listen to citizens in the face of the acts of violence in recent days.

»Nothing justifies the existence of armed people who, based on the legitimate desire of the citizens to hold civic marches, go out to shoot defenseless citizens and cruelly attack our police officers.

Colombians are made of good ... The government does not tolerate today as it has done in the past, any type of violence, "he said.

"If an action is presented outside the framework of the Constitution that affects people's rights as I have always done, I will not accept it in any way."

"I want to announce that we will install a space to listen to citizens and build solutions," he announced.

9 hours ago

Army page is down and an Anonymous account attributes it

This Tuesday for several hours the website of the Colombian National Army is down, and a Twitter account linked to Anonymous Colombia says that it is responsible for a cyber attack.

"#Anonymous Colombia withdraws the official page of the Colombian National Army in rejection of the murders and harassment presented during the national strike against the tax reform presented by the government of Iván Duque" says the Twitter account.

CNN en Español cannot independently verify that the reason for the downfall of the Army's page is due to a cyber attack by this group.

8 hours ago

The reaction of the famous

Different celebrities from Colombia and the world have spoken about the situation in Colombia:

Justin Bieber on Instagram:

Not exactly sure of the ins and outs of what is going on but can clearly see that there is chaos in Colombia right now!

Keep the people of Colombia in your prayers

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Shakira on Twitter:

It is unacceptable for a mother to lose her only child to brutality.

And that 18 other people have their lives taken from them in a peaceful protest.

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It is unacceptable for a mother to lose her only child to brutality.

And that 18 other people have their lives taken from them in a peaceful protest.

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- Shakira (@shakira) May 4, 2021

J Balvin on Twitter:

When we regain morale, we will quite possibly regain La Paz.

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But our dead never.

There is no violence.

!!!

When we regain morale, we will quite possibly regain La Paz.

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But our dead never.

There is no violence.

!!!

- J BALVIN (@JBALVIN) May 4, 2021

Carlos Vives on Twitter:

What is happening in Colombia is very serious.

I make an urgent call to respect life!

What is happening in Colombia is very serious.

I make an urgent call to respect life!

- Carlos Vives (@carlosvives) May 4, 2021

Radamel Falcao on Twitter:

Given the situation in Colombia, I reject any act that violates human rights.

I call for NO VIOLENCE and I ask that the right to peaceful demonstration be valued and respected.

Given the situation in Colombia, I reject any act that violates human rights.

I call for NO VIOLENCE and I ask that the right to peaceful demonstration be valued and respected.

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- Radamel Falcao (@FALCAO) May 4, 2021

The Garbage group:

«What the **** is happening in Colombia !?

It seems to me from the outside that it is a VERY disturbing situation! "

Wtf is happening in Colombia?!?!

Looks to me from the outside like a VERY disturbing situation !!!!!!

- Garbage (@garbage) May 4, 2021

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8 hours ago

What is happening in Colombia?

Tax reform, protests, militarization of cities and threats to the UN

A controversial tax reform promoted by the Iván Duque government took thousands of people to the streets of Colombia a week ago, despite being in the third peak of coronavirus infections.

The premise, for many on the streets and on social media, is that the government is more dangerous than the virus itself.

After six days of demonstrations against the Duque government, the official death toll in the protests rises to 19 - among civilians and policemen -, the injured number in the hundreds and the country remains mired in a human rights crisis that not even the announcement of the president to withdraw the reform has been able to silence.

Days of protests led to the resignation of Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla.

This is what we know about the protests in Colombia.

National strike protests