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Protests in Colombia against new taxes leave at least 2 deaths, 44 injuries and 26 arrests

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The protests in Colombia on Wednesday, April 28, which brought to the streets tens of thousands of people unhappy with the tax reform bill presented by the Government to Congress, left two dead, 26 people arrested and 44 police officers injured, as well as considerable material damage due to vandalism, according to the authorities.

The tensest episodes took place in Cali (southwest), where the day began with a heated start after a group of Misak Indians knocked down the statue of the founder of the city, the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar.

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