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National strike in Colombia: the labyrinth of hell

The Colombian authorities are managing the country’s severe crisis with the same methods they always use: prolonged and sterile negotiations which seek only to weaken the opposition movement and harsh repression of the demonstrators for the same purpose. Neither tactic appears to be working on this occasion, at least not based on what has been seen until now, with the National Strike lasting a month and a half already.