Nos Estn Matando #SOSCOLOMBIA

Nos están matando #SOSCOLOMBIA

I usually don’t do this, but right now I feel the need to.

I can’t just be quiet about it and act like nothing is happening, because it hurts and breaks my heart to see everything that’s going on in my country right now.

It would mean the world to me if you could get informed and spread awareness of what’s going on in my country right now.

Colombia is a country that has always battled with violence and corruption, but lately this abuse of power has overstepped the line, and people are tired.

Why is this happening?

On April 15, our president Ivan Duque introduced a tax reform to cover the fiscal gap caused by the pandemic. This reform, affected the working class and worsened their situation of vulnerability during the pandemic.

That same Wednesday, thousands of Colombians went out to the streets, the vast majority peacefully, to demand the withdrawal of the Tax Reform from Congress and the resignation of Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla. In the afternoon there were outbreaks of violence and confrontations between protesters and the Police, which led to complaints of police abuse.

Duque refused to withdraw the reform and opened a space for dialogue. Which was not accepted and the citizens decided to continue to protests on the streets to this day.

Why are we still protesting if our minister resigned and the tax reform was withdrawn?

On May the 2nd, our president announced that the tax reform was withdrawn. However, this decision did not put an end to the protests. The protesters continued their claims for the death of at least a dozen people throughout the country, especially in Cali, by shots and abused carried out by the Public Force.

What was Duque’s response?

Duque's response was to send more force and militarize the cities, which was rejected by the citizens who announced that they would continue to complain against measures promoted by the government, such as the reform of the health system and the use of the glyphosate.

Right now, the government is deploying war tanks to combat against the protestors.

https://twitter.com/col_informa/status/1388237885166563328?s=21

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Colombia Informa on Twitter

“#URGENTE🚨| Este es el panorama en estos momentos en Pasto. No dejan que la población se manifieste en contra del gobierno. Ciudadanía respo

https://twitter.com/col_informa/status/1388627643373957124?s=21

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Colombia Informa on Twitter

“#ParoNacional1M🔥| Se reportan capturas masivas de manifestantes en Medellín. ESMAD ha reprimido la movilización, Policías han disparado arm

What is the media doing about it?

Nothing, and it’s making the situation even worse.

The national media outlets are so biased that they reported a video of one of the biggest protests in Cali, -which is the city with the most deaths, registering eleven, most of whom are young people who were at the protest and were shot dead- as a manifestation in support of the tax reform.

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IN LATIN AMERICA WE DON’T LIVE, WE SURVIVE

Just like in other neighbouring countries Chile has shit going on, not a surprise considering who is running our country, but women are being killed almost every day, mostly by their partners, like the post above says, because the justice system is crap and the only way that they will intervene in domestic abuse complaints is if you are already covered in bruises or dead, also our children are being killed and abused almost everyday too, by strangers, family, their own parents and the same institution that it’s supposed to protect them and their rights, and the only response from the government is “our condolences to the family, this can’t keep happening” and nothing more.

If y’all move heaven and earth when some big injustice happens in big countries don’t forget that Latin America exists too, that the injustices that we live every fucking day in our own countries exist too.

can you take a break from blogging about mexico? it’s kinda annoying :/

it’s annoying? lemme tell you what’s really annoying 

mexico is trending because of cinco de mayo instead of because of what’s happening there. cinco de mayo isn’t that big of a celebration but y’all wanna talk about that instead of about how a train collapsed because of the shitty materials that were used on it. saving money was more important to the government than keeping their residents safe 

colombians are protesting their corrupt president and getting killed by the police sent by him. they’re fighting for their lives and no ones talking about it.

multiple countries are protesting the rise in murders towards women, most of which are murdered by a partner that they had already reported. they’re being killed and the justice department is simply taking the blame off themselves by saying “they should’ve said something about it”. 

if you think me doing the bare minimum by reblogging posts and trying to raise awareness is annoying, you can get the fuck out, i don’t care 

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