Movements in Colombia have demanded that President Ivan Duque respond immediately to the serious situations faced by the citizens of the country

A series of assassinations of social leaders shook Colombia last weekend. In less than 24 hours, 4 Indigenous, peasant and social leaders were killed.

Thousands mobilized against state negligence, repression and the precarious conditions that communities are forced to endure amid the global health crisis. The protests were attacked by the police and ESMAD agents

In Colombia, educators across the country went on a two-day strike from February 20 protesting against the rising violence and in defense of the right to life

A popular uprising against the far-right Ivan Duque government began last year opposing the rise in assassinations of social leaders and the neoliberal economic measures

In this episode of Around the World in 8 minutes, we look at these protests and strikes in Colombia and South Africa.