49 PASSED THE HOUSE TODAY NEXT MONTH. MARKS 5 YEARS SINCE 49 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT THE
ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB. WHAT WE DO
STORIES EVERY DAY ABOUT THINGS
HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN
CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT SOMETIMES
THE NEWS HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
IMPACTS PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN
OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT’S WHY
NEWS 6 IS LAUNCHING A NEW
SEGMENT CALLED FROM GLOBAL TO
LOCAL. AND WE START WITH A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE LOCAL
IMPACT OF VIOLENT AND DEADLY
PROTESTS.
>> GINGER: IN COLOMBIA NEWS
SIX’S CAROLINA CARDONA JOINS
US NOW IN STUDIO, CAROLINA.
THE SITUATION THERE HAS JUST
GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL. RECENT.
YEAH. VERY SAD SITUATION, OF
COURSE, AND.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA
LOOK AT HE WAS LOOKING TO
IMPLEMENT AND NATIONWIDE
INCREASE INTO THE TALKS IS OF
THAT COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE OF
A PANDEMIC WHEN IT WAS ALREADY
STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT THE
PROPOSED TAX INCREASE WOULD
HAVE AFFECTED ANYONE MAKING
MORE THAN $656 A MONTH. THE
GOVERNMENT SAID THE PROPOSAL
WAS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE THE
FINANCIAL STRAIN CAUSED BY THE
PANDEMIC. BUT INSTEAD THE
PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL CAUSED
THOUSANDS OF COLOMBIANS TO
FLOOD THE STREETS AND GOVERNOR
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. THEY
FEEL HAS LONG IGNORED THEIR
NEEDS.
>> MY MOTHER IS WORKING DOUBLE
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR MY
FAMILY. ANTHONY MOSCOW. A UCF
STUDENT IS WORRIED FOR HIS
FAMILY IN WHERE CLASHES
BETWEEN POLICE AND CIVILIANS
HAVE LEFT MORE THAN 40 DEAD
AND HUNDREDS INJURED IN 2
WEEKS ON APRIL 28
DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS COLON
GET ERUPTED AGAINST PRESIDENT
IVAN DUQUE US PROPOSED TAX
HIKE FOR MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME
FAMILIES. SINCE THE START OF
THE UPRISING. PROTESTERS HAVE
SET UP ROADBLOCKS. HALTING
TRANSPORTATION OF ESSENTIAL
GOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BEEN
ABLE TO RATION MUCH BETTER OF
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT HAS
HAPPENED WITH COVID. BUT THE
LACK OF RESOURCES HAS NOTHING
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM
IN RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE.
THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY AND
SPECIAL UNITS WERE DEPLOYED
ACROSS MAJOR CITIES. ACCORDING
TO 100 SANCHEZ WHO HAS A
DOCTORATE IN LATIN AMERICAN
STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
PITTSBURGH. THAT’S A CLEAR
SUSPENSION OF THE RULE OF LAW
WITH THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED
THE POLICE AND THE RIOT SQUADS
TO AND USE DEADLY VIOLENCE
AGAINST RIGHT TO CUT THEIR
STUDIES.
>> THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC
VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY
BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTS MEDIUM
SANCHEZ WHO WAS VISITING
FAMILY IN ORLANDO.
>> HAS HAD TO DELAY HER RETURN
TO COLOMBIA AMID THE CRISIS.
SHE SAYS WHICH TO ME BY A I
LOVE MY COUNTRY. VERY MUCH AND
I WANT EVERYONE TO PUT THEIR
HANDS ON THEIR HEART AND THINK
THAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE THEIR
COUNTRY FORWARD. BIT LOOKING
BETTER OWNS AN INSURANCE
AGENCY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. HE
SAYS THE SITUATION ALSO HAS AN
ECONOMIC IMPACT ON FLORIDIANS
WHO DO BUSINESS WITH THE SOUTH
AMERICAN COUNTRY. WE CAN A
LOT. I MEAN, IT JUST HAPPENS
TO BE WORLD’S IN NEGOTIATIONS
TO DO SOME BUSINESS IN
COLOMBIA AS WE SPEAK. AND
UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING HAS
BEEN HALTED BECAUSE OF THE
SITUATION. FLORIDA SENATOR
THEY’LL A NATIVE OF COLOMBIA
HAS ASKED THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION.
COLUMBIA IS.
>> THE UNITED STATES BIGGEST
ALLY AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL
IN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS.
>> A CRISIS SAYS COULD LEAD TO
A MORE CONCERNING ONE WITH
SOCIALIST RUN COUNTRIES. I
THINK THAT COUNTRIES SUCH AS
VENEZUELA, CUBA.
>> OTHERS OR JUST. FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY AND CALLED ANY FOR
THEM TO TURN COLOGNE INTO THE
NEXT AND IS WITH US. WE NEED
TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. THIS
IS WHY I SAY THAT IT IS FOR
THE GOVERNMENT. I DO HAVE SUCH
A STRONG ARM AGAINST PEACE.
RIGHT. SO PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
>> AND NOW 4 DAYS AFTER THE
PROTESTS BEGAN, PRESIDENT BOOK
AT CANCELED HIS TAX PLAN. BUT
DEMONSTRATORS DEMANDS HAVE
EXPANDED AND THAT THEY NOW
INCLUDE A BASIC INCOME. AND AN
END TO POLICE VIOLENCE AS WELL
AS THE WITHDRAWAL OF
LONG-DEBATED. THEY
LONG-DEBATED HEALTH REFORM.
TODAY. PROTESTS CONTINUED IN
SEVERAL CITIES OF COLUMBIA.