BOGOTA, Colombia - Students, women's activists and indigenous people marched through the center of Colombia's capital Monday in a fifth day of protests against the government of conservative President Ivan Duque. The demonstration was initially meant to commemorate the International Day of Nonviolence Against Women. But it quickly morphed into an anti-government rally during which protesters vented their frustration over issues like corruption, economic inequality and violence in rural areas. Colombia has been rattled by protests since Thursday, when an estimated 250,000 people took to the streets amid a strike organized by unions, student groups a...
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