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Tense calm in Colombia after Duque order to unblock roads

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A tense calm on the eve of the fourth day of the national strike against the Government is experienced this Tuesday, May 18, in Colombia after President Iván Duque ordered security forces to lift the road blockades with which the protesters prevent supplies in several regions of the country.

"The great mobilization of this Wednesday was already scheduled, but the Government is still determined not to guarantee the protection of peaceful demonstrations and sends the Army to repress them," said the General Secretary of the Central Unitary Workers' Union of Colombia (CUT), Diogenes Orjuela.

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