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Bogotá experienced a new day of protests, and as happened last Monday with the indigenous minga, it passed in peace. Yesterday there were three meeting points in the morning: the National Park; the monument to the Heroes, on Calle 80, and La Sevillana, in the south. They all went and concentrated in the Plaza de Bolívar, in the center of the city.
In this place, leaders of the minga – who arrived in the city last Sunday and a good part has already returned to their territories – They symbolically handed over the Plaza de Bolívar to the promoters of the national strike, after having demonstrated in this emblematic place of the city.
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“The chivas are currently leaving Bogotá for Autosur. In the Plaza de Bolívar, the day called by the national strike ends in a festive manner, ”said Luis Ernesto Gómez, Secretary of Government of Bogotá, on his Twitter account at around 3:30 in the afternoon.
The tour from the National Park, which was scheduled for 9 am, began at around 10:30 am They waited for the largest number of protesters to arrive to begin the tour.
In the 7th race, unions, indigenous people, Afro communities, peasants, social organizations and young people were mobilized, and at no time was there an act of vandalism in the traffic to the main square of the city. “The minga gave us an enormous example of civility, of social organization, of pacifism. During four days he marched two times in absolute peace, he gave us back the Palacio de los Deportes clean and there were no infiltrators from the Eln, or the Farc, or snipers ”Mayor Claudia López said last night.
The march of the national strike reaches the Plaza de Bolívar.
Cesar Melgarejo. TIME
(Further: Peacefully, the national strike in Bogotá ends)
This was also understood by some people who accompanied the indigenous people. “The minga is setting an example of dignity, this march is peaceful, we have no interest in affecting public order”a protester told EL TIEMPO.
Additionally, Fecode, the teachers’ union, made vehicular caravans from 9 am The first left from the Monument to the Heroes and the second, from the South highway, in Sevillana, and joined the large mobilization in the National Park.
After the two days of marches and the 48-hour strike, Nelson Alarcón, president of Fecode, said: “We are going to continue working for education and if necessary, we will resort to strikes again, this time of longer duration, until the National Government complies with the agreement in 2019., and understand that at this moment the conditions are not in place to return to the classroom ”. The new days of protest are expected to take place on November 21, one year after the 2019 national strike, within the framework of the mobilizations announced by the national strike committee.
Demonstrators at the national strike on October 21, 2020.
Milton Diaz. TIME
(To continue reading: ‘The minga is just beginning’: indigenous delegates)
Late in the afternoon, in the Plaza de Bolívar, the students who arrived at this place prepared a sancocho to say goodbye to the indigenous people who were staying at the Palacio de los Deportes and who will continue to demonstrate from their territories. “It was very gratifying to see the reception they gave us in Soacha and Bogotá. People can tell that they want a change, they are supporting us, especially that the struggle continues and see that those 11 days of minga, from stopping in Cali, in Armenia, in Ibagué, until we got here, were worth it, the fatigue to you forget, ”reflected Valentina, a young woman who joined the indigenous mobilization in Armenia.
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