Colombian unions and student groups marched in Bogotá and other cities to insist that President Ivan Duque's government maintain minimum wages for young people and the right to a pension
BOGOTA - Colombian unions, student groups and other protesters marched on Thursday against rumored economic reform plans and amid rising discontent with the government of President Ivan Duque, while the city of Cali called a curfew from 7 p.m. local time.
Duque had repeatedly warned his government would not tolerate violence, and police deployed tear gases in multiple cities, including in Bogota’s storied Bolivar Plaza. In the southwestern city of Cali, where protesters blocked roads and vandalized mass transit buses, mayor Maurice Armitage called a curfew from 7 p.m. local time until 6 a.m. Friday morning.
Supporters of the march, which include major unions, allege Duque’s government wants to privatize the public pension fund.“No reform has been proposed,” Duque told viewers during a rare Facebook Live broadcast this week. “It has been said that we want to pay young people less than the minimum wage. That’s also a lie.”
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