By night they dodge tear gas and stun grenades to tend to the wounded in clashes between the police and young people spearheading an unprecedented social upheaval in Colombia. On May 24, Armando Alvarez, a doctor who treated wounded protesters in the city of Cali, was shot dead as he left his workplace. ‘Did I lose my eye?’One by one they fell, choking on tear gas or hurt by projectiles fired by the police. Around 9:30 pm a man was carried the 200 meters from the front line to the makeshift clinic by his friends. “There are things that shock you, like when a young person asks you: ‘Tell me the truth.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 02, 2021 02:37 UTC