Humanitarian corridor for civilians opened in Cali

A loving gesture has been made transparent by the demonstrators of the indigenous march in Cali, who are protesting against the tax reform imposed by Colombian President Ivan Duque, by opening a humanitarian corridor for 24 hours for the civilian population to cross the Paso del Comercio, the main road into the city.

The protesters have understood that these people stranded on the road have families waiting for them, children who need their help, jobs to do and, although this struggle is based on a just claim, almost of subsistence, they are not closed to the idea of understanding their fellow man, who also faces a daily battle to simply live.

After almost two weeks of protests, public spaces have been militarized and there have been Internet cuts and blockades, both in Cali, where the army has wounded ten indigenous guards, and also in other Colombian cities, where dozens of citizens have already been killed and many more repressed by a powerful military force.

This conflict, which has attracted the attention of many nations and some political scientists compare it to what happened in Burma, where military juntas control the government, remains unresolved in a country that is also immersed in the pandemic and continues to live a dynamic of violence, due to drug trafficking and police repression.

Even so, members of the minga (march) made a pact with the army so that people not involved in the conflict could arrive both in the city of Cali and in neighboring Palmira, where the international airport is located, so that they would not miss their scheduled flights. As long as the government does not reconsider its tax reform, the corridor will remain in place.