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Tens of thousands of Colombians protesting a tax reform plan took to the streets Saturday for the fourth straight day, even after the president vowed to withdraw the most unpopular parts of the package.
Many Colombians had complained that the tax changes would leave them poorer in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, President Ivan Duque gave in to the pressure from the streets and said he would seek a rewrite of the plan and scrap the most unpopular clauses -- lowering the income tax threshold to broaden the tax base and raising value-added taxes on goods and services.
A viral video featuring a motorcycle cop getting hit by a flying Molotov cocktail, setting the cop ablaze, is just one example of how violent and aggressive protests in Columbia have gotten over the past week.