Скачать или смотреть Tens of thousands of Colombians protest against the leftist president's reform agenda

(22 Apr 2024)

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Bogota - 21 April 2024
1. Various of protesters marching through the streets of Bogota with Colombian flags and people chanting "Out Petro" during a march against the government of President Gustavo Petro
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Javier Perdomo, Bogota resident:
"Today I'm marching because we're tired of corruption. They are stealing our health care; they are stealing our pension savings. We can't allow them to steal the country; we are not going to let them."
3. Various shots of people protesting in the streets of Bogota against Petro
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro's reform agenda.

The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the capital.

Protesters filled Bolivar Plaza outside the presidential palace in Bogota.

While protests have been a constant since the former leftist guerrilla took office in 2022, they've gained momentum of late.

Petro has floated the possibility of rewriting the constitution to spur social reforms that he's been unable to advance in the face of opposition by a hostile congress and conservative business groups.

Petro recently suffered an important defeat when Colombia's congress refused to pass legislation to boost state control of the country's health care system aimed at improving and lowering the cost of medical care.

In response to the defeat, Petro ordered by decree the takeover of two of the country's top medical insurers, on which millions of Colombians depend.

AP video by Marko Alvarez

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