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Weekly Report - 02 June 2016 (WR-16-21)
COLOMBIA: Government wrestles with widespread protests
The government led by President Juan Manuel Santos is trying to defuse protests by indigenous groups and farmers which are affecting more than half of Colombia’s 32 departments, with some outbreaks of violence and major transport arteries blocked. The police said it had audio evidence that the country’s second largest guerrilla group, Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), was planning to infiltrate the protests. Organisers accused the police of trying to discredit legitimate demonstrations by linking them to the ELN, whose commitment to peace has been seriously questioned by the government after it kidnapped three journalists.
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