An anti-government protest in Bogota yesterday turned violent as tens of thousands of Colombians participated in a national strike. The protesters want to bring attention to a peace agreement signed two years to end 50 years of violence between the Colombian government and the largest communist rebel group, FARC. Host Marco Werman gets the story from reporter Luke Taylor in Bogota.
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