Steve Hege on Colombia’s Protests and Stalled Peace

December 04, 2019 00:09:17
Steve Hege on Colombia’s Protests and Stalled Peace
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Steve Hege on Colombia’s Protests and Stalled Peace

Dec 04 2019 | 00:09:17

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Show Notes

In Colombia, protesters are demanding that President Ivan Duque address concerns over economic inequality, corruption, the Venezuela crisis and implementation of the 2016 FARC peace accord in what USIP’s Steve Hege calls the country’s “largest mass mobilization in four decades.”

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