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A series of protests began in Colombia on 28 April 2021 against increased taxes, corruption, and health care reform proposed by the government of President Iván Duque.The tax initiative was introduced to expand funding to Ingreso Solidario, a universal basic income social program established in April 2020 to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, while the legislative Bill ...
Democratic Centre (identified electorally as Democratic Centre – Strong Hand, Big Heart; Spanish: Centro Democrático – Mano firme, corazón grande) is a conservative [12] political party in Colombia founded in 2013 by Álvaro Uribe, former President of Colombia, former Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón and former Minister of Finance and Public Credit Óscar Iván Zuluaga. [13]
The difference with Colombia is that there were never any systematic legal designations put in place in order to divide society along racial lines like the Jim Crow system of the U.S. In Colombia, the division is ingrained in the culture, especially with regard to economic opportunity and education. [7] "Whiteness" in Colombia has been the goal ...
The largest impact has been on the poorest citizens. Colombia has gone from 3.1 million internet broadband connections in 2010 to 9.9 million in mid-2014, and internet penetration for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) increased from 7 percent in 2010 to more than 60 percent in 2014.
The party was founded after a failed referendum in October 2016 with the majority of Colombian voters voting to reject the peace agreement. [3] The "yes" campaign to accept the peace negotiations were pushed by President Santos, while the "no" campaign to reject the agreement was backed by former president Álvaro Uribe .
Education in Colombia includes nursery school, elementary school, high school, technical instruction and university education. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [ 1 ] finds that Colombia is fulfilling only 80.5% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [ 2 ]
Claro Colombia is a Colombian telecommunications operator, owned by Mexican group América Móvil. Claro is the largest provider of mobile phone services in the country – as of December 2011, 28,818,791 of Colombia's 46,200,421 mobile phone subscribers (62.38%) were with Claro's predecessor, Comcel.