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Weekly Report - 02 July 2020 (WR-20-26)
COLOMBIA: Duque’s defiance marks quarantine turning point
President Iván Duque’s call for people to “learn to live with this virus” seemed to represent a watershed moment in the course of Colombia’s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Speaking to the nation on 28 June, Duque emphasised that “we cannot fall into defeatism, believing that we haven’t been judicious enough”, but nor is it a viable option “to lock ourselves in until a vaccine emerges”.
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