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This Monday, September 21, several marches and sit-ins will be held in Bogotá and other cities in the country, which will start from the early hours and will last until the afternoon within the framework of the national strike.
-This will be the route of the marches on September 21 in Medellín
-All ready for the ‘March for the defense of life’ in Cali
-This will be the demonstration that was called this Monday in Barranquilla
4:01 pm They denounce repressions of Esmad in Pasto
Videos of Esmad units circulate on social networks that repress the protests of some students of the University of Pasto. According to citizen complaints, a young man was injured in his right eye.
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The commander of the Seventh Division, General Juan Carlos Ramírez Trujillo, affirmed that the priority is to protect the population and its resources, which is why they will be present in several cities -among them Medellín- to support the work of the National Police to guarantee control and order during the marches.
3:40 pm They remove the fence in favor of Álvaro Uribe in Barranquilla
In the demonstration that remained in the Circunvalar, a group of young people climbed on a billboard and removed the giant message that read ‘Barranquilla is with you, Uribe’.
The act generated applause and jubilation among those who observed the event and, simultaneously, expressed all kinds of words against the current government and former senator Álvaro Uribe.
As the march advances on Carrera 46, the color is part of the protesters. Some carry allusive images of the Central Unitaria del Trabajo, while others are followed by officers of the Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla.
3:33 pm Students shout harangues against the Government and the Police
Students mobilize along Carrera 65 in the Robledo neighborhood, northwest of Medellín, towards the sector known as Rinconcito Ecuatoriano, meeting point prior to your walk to the Parque de las Luces, in the center of Medellín.
Students gather outside the Metropolitan Technological Institute. About 30 students are present with posters and harangues against the police and the National Government
3:23 pm Hostilities in the Bucaramanga protests
They denounce that protesters who are in the Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento civic square, in Bucaramanga, removed journalists from various national and regional media who were covering the protests
In total normalcy, the caravan of the workers’ centrals and the teachers arrived at La Alpujarra Administrative Center. Already with a slightly sunnier climate, this caravan culminated, the first to reach the concentration point, which will also be attended by students, who at this time are in the Robledo sector.
It is expected that at 4 in the afternoon they will congregate in El Parque de las Luces, in front of La Alpujarra.
In addition, the president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) in Antioquia, Jaime Montoya, spoke with El Tiempo.
Little by little, the organizations that called for the demonstrations in Barranquilla this Monday began to gather after 2:00 pm at the Autonomous University of the Caribbean.
Union groups of workers of this institution, among other collectives, approach with red shirts and flags in Carrera 46 with Calle 90, north of the city, where they express their rejection of police abuses and demand job stability.
While at the other concentration point, Circunvalar con Caribe Verde, the young people carry drums, Colombian flags and banners in which Phrases such as “Against state terror” and “The revolution does not stop anyone” are read.
Under a strong sun, and with a temperature that exceeds 32 degrees, at this time hundreds of workers and students gather in the parking lots of the Coliseo de Combate in Cartagena to attend the march called by the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, within the national strike.
The marches begin at 2:30 in the afternoon. The protesters will gather at the Combat Coliseum, take Pedro Romero Avenue and at the La Esperanza neighborhood roundabout they will join a group of students from the University of Cartagena.
The march will continue through the Esperanza, María and Daniel Lemeaitre neighborhoods. From there, they will walk to the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas. Once there, they will take Pedro de Heredia Avenue to the Clock Tower, where they will congregate until late at night.
1:50 pm The protests in Villavicencio ended in complete tranquility
Without any news, the mobilizations in the Plaza Los Libertadores in Villavicencio concluded after the marches carried out by the unions and the students that began in two parts of the city and that were accompanied by the municipal administration and the Police.
1:45 pm The mobilizations in Cali advance
At this time, the mobilization had already reached the route of the Southeastern highway.
Then you will take Quinta Street, one of the main arterial roads of the capital of Valle del Cauca, to enter the center of Cali. There, the march or caravan will take 15th Street to find, at the end, Las Américas Avenue, in the north of this city. The idea is to finish in front of the facilities that the Ministry of Labor has in this area of northern Cali, near Las Américas Avenue.
Alfredo Mondragón, one of the dealers, said: “The population rejects a labor reform. Also, they reject that they have infiltrated the protests that have ended in riots and they reject that they take away their rights to health and education.”
1:43 pm Penultimate stop of the protests in Medellín
The caravan reached its penultimate stop, on Guayabal Avenue in Medellín, at the Olaya Herrera Business Center. There will be a longer stop there for the lunch time of the attendees. So far, the caravan has passed in peaceful terms, with no more setbacks than the mid-day rains in Aburrá.
12:48 pm The SENA Union in Antioquia raises its voice in the marches
Wilsen Castaño, a member of the Sena Sindesena Workers’ Union, stated that another of the reasons why they are demonstrating today is “against the virtualization of the Seine, the massacre of social leaders, the non-support of social agreements. The general director of the Sena, Carlos Mario Estrada is currently handing over the budget to multinational training companies, such as Amazon and others. He set up a platform for students with the Tigo company, which has not worked. ”
At the same time, he added that desertion due to virtuality is very high, since both in Antioquia and in other Colombian departments, not all young people have access to the Internet.
“And we know that the problem is even worse in the rural sector, where we know that the training possibilities are very few, and If the Seine is closed for boys, there will be more violence because young people will have a greater chance of joining armed groups“Castaño told El Tiempo.
12:28 pm The march in Bucaramanga progresses calmly
In complete tranquility, the demonstrations in Bucaramanga advance.
Citizens tour Carrera 27 with banners and musical instruments.
The Metrolínea mass transport system temporarily suspended routes by this route and those that reach the center of Bucaramanga
The caravan reached the Noel cookie company, its second planned stop. With several of the posters already wet from the rain, they will continue their way down the highway to the Olaya Herrera Business Center and then to the La Alpujarra Administrative Center, in the center of Medellín.
12:04 pm The rain accompanies the caravan in Antioquia
A heavy rain accompanies the mobilization in cars and motorcycles that is already approaching the Noel cookie factory, on Guayabal avenue in Itagüí. The attendees have not been able to make the stops they had planned to demonstrate, so everything has happened from the vehicles themselves.
11:42 am The caravans advance in Cali
The protest in Cali started from the Paso del Comercio bridge to take the return from La 14 de Calima in the direction of the southeastern highway to Carrera 39 (south), to take Calle 5, then Calle 15, Avenida Las Américas .
At this time members of workers’ centrals are participating in a peaceful manner. At the point of Sameco, one of the exits from Cali towards Yumbo, there is traffic congestion. Some of the protesters are not wearing masks.
In complete calm, the two mobilizations contemplated by the unions and students in Villavicencio are being carried out at this time.
One of the marches began in Los Fundadores park and is headed down Avenida 40 to the center of the city. The other begins at the Ocoa bridge, on the road to Puerto López and also goes to the same destination.
The two mobilizations are expected to conclude in the Plaza los Libertadores.
11:10 am Cali Police prepare for protests
With nearly 700 uniformed officers, the Cali Metropolitan Police and the municipality’s Security Secretariat enlisted to guarantee public order both in the small caravans at 9 in the morning in the city, as well as the mobilization starting at 5 in the late.
11:05 am Business closes in the main park of Itagüí
Before the arrival of the caravan at around 10:50 a.m. to the main park of Itagüí, some shops closed their doors, which the protesters rejected.
Over the public address system they said: “You do not have to close the business, do not be afraid. We are coming to tell you that the National Government did not take them into account.”
11:02 am The march advances towards the center of Bucaramanga
At this time, the demonstration in vehicles runs along Carrera 27 south-north until it reaches Calle 36 and goes down towards the center of Bucaramanga.
Metrolínea has already announced the temporary suspension of its routes through this road artery of the Santander capital
As it passes through the Pandequeso bridge, which connects the municipalities of Envigado and Itagüí, the Transit authorities are present to regulate the transit of other vehicles in this sector of Medellín.
In Envigado the march in chivas has already begun, which will reach Itagüí.
Jaime Montoya, president of the Central Unitary of Workers (CUT) in Antioquia told El Tiempo that the main demands on the National Government are contained in the emergency specifications, in which issues such as zero enrollment for students, income basic and support to small and medium enterprises.
Dozens of protesters gather at the Provenza Bridge in Bucaramanga to start the demonstration in the Santander capital. The day of protests in this city will be carried out in vehicles and the route will be by the highway, they will take the 27th race, they will go down the 36th street until they reach the Santander Government.
Another of the meeting points will be the Papi Quiero Piña sector and will have the same route.
10:24 am The teachers of Antioquia are joining the national strike
At this time, the teachers unions Adida, Asdem and the Executive Committee of the CUT gather on the outskirts of the Débora Arango Cultural Park.
Aboard chivas, private vehicles and trucks, attendees will depart from this site in the south of the Aburrá Valley towards Itagüí and then to La Alpujarra in Medellín.
In the cars slogans are seen against the alternation model and demanding the basic income.
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