Police in Colombia are continuing their violent crackdown on protests that have swept the country since last month. Dozens have died in the unrest, which began in response to a tax reform proposal but came to embody the country’s despair over COVID-19, poverty and injustice.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with John Otis, who reports for NPR from Colombia.
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