Thousands hold 'national strike' in Colombia over budget cuts Thursday April 25,2019

Thousands of Colombians filled the capital Bogota's main square on Thursday April 25,2019 in a national strike against government plans to decrease the education budget and change pension plans, among other issues.

In attendance were farmers, indigenous groups, women's groups, students, Afro-Colombian groups, LGBT organisations, unions and pensioners. Other civil society actors and members of the FARC political party also participated.

The march was also against President Ivan Duque's  National Development Plan (NDP), which has riled many Colombians over cuts made to education budgets and pension plans as more money is invested in national security