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Colombian Congress shelves controversial health care reform bill

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Colombian Congress on Wednesday shelved the controversial health reform bill, one of the demonstrators' main demands in the protests that have been shaking the country for 22 days.

The initiative, which the right-wing Cambio Radical party had presented, was shelved by a large majority in the Senate and House of Representatives committees in charge of its study.

"In Congress, we have just sunk the health reform. A victory for citizen mobilization, organization, and the persistent demands of the sector. The next step is to build a reform that includes the whole sector and does . . .

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