President Duque of Colombia has announced that he is deploying troops to the city of Cali as international alarm grows over the policing of anti-government protests across the country. Friday marked a full month of nationwide protests, which began over a proposed tax increase but have since transformed into a broader anti-establishment mobilisation. SponsoredThree people died during protests in Cali yesterday, the authorities said, bringing the official toll over weeks of unrest to 49. Two of the dead were police officers. The latest deaths occurred in clashes between “those blocking and those trying to get through” a barricade, Jorge Iván

Source: The Times May 29, 2021 11:02 UTC