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A series of protests began in Colombia on 28 April 2021 against increased taxes, corruption, and health care reform proposed by the government of President Iván Duque.The tax initiative was introduced to expand funding to Ingreso Solidario, a universal basic income social program established in April 2020 to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, while the legislative Bill ...
The 2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, also called the diesel crisis, was a strike of self-employed truck drivers [6] [7] that began on 21 May 2018. [8] [9] [10]The protesters demanded a decrease of the price of diesel, exemption from certain tolls, [11] as well as a legal and tax reform related to truck driving.
Bogotá gave the Spanish-speaking world José Asunción Silva (1865–1896), Modernism pioneer. His poetic work in the novel De sobremesa has a place in outstanding American literature. Rafael Pombo (1833–1912) was an American romanticism poet who left a collection of fables essential part of children imagination and Colombian tradition.
The 1972 October strike, also known as the "bosses' strike" [1] [2] or the "truckers' strike", was an employers' strike carried out in Chile during the month of October 1972, against the Popular Unity government headed by the President Salvador Allende, due to the economic crisis in the country.
The Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) was a series of protests and blockades across Canada in early 2022, initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers. The movement quickly expanded to protest all COVID-19 restrictions and mandates.
The celebration of the modern carnival in Bogotá dates back to 1916, when the first queen of Bogotá's student carnival, Elvira Zea, was crowned in a congeniality contest. After winning the contest she used her real name as Queen's name, in that occasion she took the name Elvira I. The queen was the person in charge of opening the celebrations.
On March 15, 2012 concert producer Fernan Martinez and Bogotá Mayor (Gustavo Petro) confirmed that Paul McCartney would perform during his On the Run Tour on April 19, 2012 at the stadium. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On March 27 at 4:00 p.m. tickets for the concert became available in TuBoleta and at 5:30 p.m. 75% of the tickets were already sold.
Pérez de Arce hold Piñera, owner of football club Colo-Colo, had a long-term interest in removing Mayne-Nicholls from the Presidency of the Chilean Football Board. [98] Marcelo Bielsa , the manager of the Chile national football team , subsequently made headlines for his brief and cold greeting to Piñera in the farewell before the 2010 FIFA ...