Residents in poor parts of Bogota, the Colombian capital, blocked roads on Thursday to demand authorities make good on promises of aid so they can survive a national quarantine designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Demonstrators wear face masks during a protest demanding government food aid for the poor, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Bogota, Colombia April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa GonzalezPresident Ivan Duque and Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez have announced millions of pesos worth of aid for the poorest members of society who lost their income due to the lockdown.
“We are protesting because the aid hasn’t arrived. There are elderly, handicapped and children. This is a peaceful protest,” said Paula Andrea Quimbay, 23, who lives in a mountainside neighborhood where people blocked roads with stones. In the nearby neighborhood of La Colombianita, protesters built barricades with large trash bins and burning tires.
“In this time of need Bogota will not return to politicking and clientelism under any circumstance, we aren’t going to give into this pressure,” she said, adding that aid would reach residents without any political interference.
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