{"id":9105,"date":"2024-11-24T09:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=9105"},"modified":"2024-11-24T09:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:30:57","slug":"thousands-of-colombians-take-to-the-streets-to-reject-proposed-reforms-and-rebuke-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=9105","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Colombians Take to the Streets to Reject Proposed Reforms and Rebuke the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/54427a9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4800x3200+0+0\/resize\/1440x960!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fa1%2F63%2Fa7d19680da8787ed7fa1fd9bedd8%2Fd5931864d5ab46c6b7ab73f00193eac4\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Colombians took to the streets on Saturday to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused demonstrators of trying to destabilize the government.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in cities including Bogot\u00e1, Medell\u00edn and Cali decried a series of proposed health, labor and pensions reforms and accused Petro\u2019s administration of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd, which included retired military officials and opposition lawmakers, waved Colombian flags, with some demonstrators holding signs that read, \u201cNo to Petro reforms,\u201d and \u201cNo to labor reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never expected to have to take to the streets to protest, to give my voice of rejection to this corruption,\u201d said Luis Carlos Hern\u00e1ndez as he marched through the streets of Bogot\u00e1, referring to Petro\u2019s supporters as \u201cguerrilla bandits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petro, a former leftist guerrilla who has denied the accusations, said that only some 20,000 people participated in Saturday\u2019s demonstrations as he accused them of trying to overthrow the government and mock voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Colombia, we will stop the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s protest is the latest rebuke&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/colombia-protest-reforms-president-gustavo-petro-bdcbe8afadec2f8ca09916fd249d8263\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">against Petro\u2019s reform agenda<\/a><\/span>. Protests began after he took office in 2022, but they have recently gained momentum.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; AP News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Colombians took to the streets on Saturday to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused demonstrators of trying to destabilize the government. Protesters in cities including Bogot\u00e1, Medell\u00edn and Cali decried a series of proposed health, labor and pensions reforms and accused Petro\u2019s administration of corruption. 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