Thread by @breeselnicks, A thread with information on what’s happening in Colombia right now and [...]

A thread with information on what’s happening in Colombia right now and why the people are protesting

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TW // death, violence & police brutality

— The government wants to implement a tax reform in the middle of this pandemic while many people are jobless and starving.
They want to raise the tax for individuals and businesses, as well as reduce or eliminate many tax exemptions, including on product sales.

https://thebogotapost.com/colombia-tax-reform-a-taxing-problem/48748/

Colombia tax reform: A taxing problem

Colombia tax reform: Byzantine taxation system needs desperate reform, but the public don’t think Carrasquilla has the answers.

https://thebogotapost.com/colombia-tax-reform-a-taxing-problem/48748/

— Colombia is a country in which people are murdered every single day and the government doesn’t care!
Femicides are only increasing, social leaders are killed, and when the people try to take to the streets to protest they’re forcibly taken, assaulted or killed by the police.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/lideres-sociales-nos-siguen-matando-durante-cuarentena/

Colombia’s social leaders are still being killed during the quarantine

We cannot carry on drowning in an ocean of impunity

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/lideres-sociales-nos-siguen-matando-durante-cuarentena/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/25/nowhere-is-safe-colombia-confronts-alarming-surge-in-femicides

'Nowhere is safe': Colombia confronts alarming surge in femicides

Vice-president joins activists in calling for zero tolerance of ‘machismo’ that has left hundreds of women and girls dead

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/25/nowhere-is-safe-colombia-confronts-alarming-surge-in-femicides

— At least 6,402 people (that we know of) were killed by the army to boost body count. Between 2002 and 2008 many deaths were declared combat kills in order to boost statistics in war with rebel groups. These killings are referred to as “False Positives”.

https://colombiareports.com/false-positives

Extrajudicial executions statistics | Colombia Reports

Colombia's security forces executed thousands of civilians to report them as guerrillas, creating "false positives" in the military results.

https://colombiareports.com/false-positives

Colombians are sick of the abuse from the government, it’s time for a change. There’s a nationwide protest/strike today in the country against the tax reforms, but Colombia’s issues are much much more than just the tax reform!

If the world watches and screams along with us, maybe our government will listen.

If you have important information/links/threads abt the situation that you want me to add, let me know.

This is happening to all Colombian twt users rn. No one can see any of the trending topics which are all related to the protests https://twitter.com/donizquierdo_/status/1387493557666205696