"It's unacceptable that a mother loses her only son because of brutality and that another 18 people's lives were yanked away in a peaceful protest," pop star Shakira posted.
International organizations as well as high-profile celebrities are calling attention to the situation in Colombia, where protests over a planned pandemic-related tax hike have left at least 19 dead and hundreds injured.posted on Instagram,"It's unacceptable that a mother loses her only son because of brutality and that another 18 people's lives were yanked away in a peaceful protest," the pop star Shakira, who is also Colombian, posted.
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against a proposed government tax reform in Cali, Colombia, on Monday.But the protests, which began last week, were also about anger over rising poverty, inequality and what advocacy groups call excessive force by the police.
What do these celebrities and organizations have to say about the poverty wages in the US and the half a million people killed as a result of our greed-driven socioeconomic system?
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