2019–2020 Colombian protests

2019–2020 Colombian protests
2019–2020 Colombian protests
	Protest in Cali
Date	21 November 2019 – 21 February 2020
Location	Colombia
Caused by	Income inequality and rejection of austerity measures; Corruption and police brutality; President Iván Duque's opposition or ambivalence to the Colombian peace process and ongoing violence;
Goals	Better living conditions and rejection of proposed reforms;
Parties
Government of Colombia	Protesters
Lead figures
	President Iván Duque No organized leadership
Number
Hundreds of thousands of authorities	Hundreds of thousands to a million
Casualties
Death(s)	17 (as of 15 September 2020)
Injuries	533 (as of 27 November 2019)
Arrested	500 (as of 27 November 2019)

The 2019–2020 Colombian protests were a collection of protests that began on 21 November 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Colombians demonstrated for various reasons. Some protested against income inequality, corruption, police brutality and various proposed economic and political reforms proposed by the government of Iván Duque Márquez, others against the few violent protestors and in favor of the Colombian peace process.

While mostly peaceful in nature, a few violent incidents took place throughout the protests, leading to overnight curfews in Cali and Bogotá. It is "one of the largest mass demonstrations Colombia has witnessed in recent years". The second phase of the protests, which started on 10 September 2020, were more violent and resulted in 17 deaths.

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