Bus overturns on Pan-American Highway in southwestern region, leaving at least 20 dead and 15 injured, police say.
The demonstrations that began on April 28 have pressured the government and lawmakers into shelving tax and health reforms, leading to the resignation of former finance minister Alberto Carrasquilla.
Anti-government protests have raged for nearly a month across Colombia, and nowhere more fiercely than in Cali, a western city of more than 2 million people normally famed more for its tropical music than for social unrest.
At least 13 people have been killed and over 400 wounded during widespread disturbances after a video released on social media showed Ordonez being repeatedly tasered by police during a street arrest.
The resurgence in violence has put a spotlight on the ruling Democratic Center Party, which opposes the peace deal with left-wing militants.
Signs of mounting hunger are already being felt around the region, where desperate citizens are violating quarantines to go out in search of money and food and hanging red and white flags from their homes in a cry for aid.
Calmest polls in half a century of conflict in Colombia, with the former rebel movement FARC spurning jungle warfare for politics, and the ELN – the country's last active rebel group – observing a ceasefire.
War zones in Colombia are becoming world-class birdwatching areas as the country emerges from its 53-year civil war.
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