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Andean Group - June 2017 (ISSN 1741-4466)

Dissipating social discontent

After weeks of rolling protests by different civil-society groups [RA-17-05], the government led by President Juan Manuel Santos succeeded in dispelling all of these conflicts by mid-June. But this came at a price: the protests only ended after the central government pledged to provide substantial additional funding to those sectors out on the streets. These new commitments may affect the government’s budget plans this year and next.

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