Colombia mass demonstrations ‘reflect a deep national crisis’

Protesters take to the streets for fourth week demanding government action on poverty, police violence, and other issues.

Anti-government protests have stretched into their fourth week in Colombia, as student groups, unions and others took to the streets again on Wednesday to demand social change amid continuing talks between the government and strike leaders. About 8,000 people attended protests in the capital, Bogota, the mayor’s office said. “We’re accompanying our young people, our children, our grandchildren, who still lack opportunities despite our fighting for so long,” lawyer Roberto Hermida, 68, told the Reuters news agency.