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Colombian Capital Returning to Normal after Riots Prompt Curfew

Bogota, Colombia was on Saturday gradually returning to normal after two days of rioting prompted city authorities to impose an overnight curfew.

They call on the international community to act strongly and request the activation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter (OAS).

The first of nearly 400 Cuban doctors assigned to Ecuador were pulled back this week at the request of Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno.

Massive protests took place in cities in Colombia on Thursday in mostly peaceful rallies against liberal economic policies and armed conflict.

His Alliance for Brazil aims to work against “communism, globalism and any ideology that is against the natural order,” Bolsonaro said.

Colombians took to the streets on Thursday to demonstrate against liberal economic policies and the killing of scores of community leaders.

Warren, who is a member of the humanitarian aid group No More Deaths, faced up to 10 years in prison for aiding migrants.

In Bolivia, police and military forces killed at least five pro-Morales protesters and injured dozens more Tuesday,.

To be president in a country like Bolivia might be like a precarious act performed by a tightrope-dancer between “the Devil and the deep blue sea”.

Colombia will close its borders, from Wednesday to Friday, before and during protest marches later this week.