‘They can’t take it any more’: pandemic and poverty brew violent storm in Colombia

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Demonstrations that began with a general strike on 28 April quickly descended into violence, with as many as 37 protesters killed across the country

ina Reyes, a 39-year-old nurse from the downtrodden neighbourhood of Siloé in the Colombian city of Cali, knows only too well what Covid-19 can do to a person – and to a community. Her mother was hospitalized with the disease, and came close to death.

 

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