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What is Driving Mass Protests in Colombia

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Mark Leon Goldberg
Jul 12, 2021
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Colombia has been rocked by the most significant protests in recent memory. In late April and May Colombians took to the streets across the country initially to protest a proposed new tax law. But what began as a a protest against this new tax bill swiftly morphed into a broad based protest movement against systemic inequality. 

Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in the world and these protests are seeking to upend the political system that has entrenched this inequality in Colombian society.  From Bogota, Elizabeth Dickinson of the International Crisis Group explains where this protest movement is headed.

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