Colombia prepares for tense presidential inauguration with protests planned in all major cities

by Stephen Gill August 6, 2018

Colombian authorities are preparing for a chaotic presidential inauguration day on Tuesday with opposition protests set to coincide with Ivan Duque‘s ascension to power.

At the very moment Duque climbs the podium on Bogota‘s Bolivar Square to assume the presidency from outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos, protests are scheduled throughout Colombia.

The “March for Life” will take place in all of Colombia’s major cities as well as several cities worldwide.

The opposition protest will aim to highlight the ongoing mass killing of social leaders and human rights activists that has been ignored by the incoming president, but highlighted by the runner up in the elections, former Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro.

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