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A massive march, accompanied by Colombian artists, filled the streets of Medellín (northwest) on Sunday to demand a change of direction to the conservative government of Iván Duque, who has been facing demonstrations for a month.

Under the slogan "Medellín resists singing" , dozens of local artists and performers joined a new demonstration of popular discontent that broke out on November 21.

The mobilization called by celebrities, groups, corporations and NGOs replicated the massive response of the first itinerant concert "A song for Colombia", which took place in Bogotá on December 8.

"Artists and public in unison have called for justice, equality, peace and urgent solutions to the problems facing the country," the organizers said in a statement on the balance of the day that ended without incident.

In recent days, mobilizations had waned in the middle of the holiday season and the end of classes at colleges and universities.

Students and young people have been the main participants of the marches against the president, whose management is rejected by seven out of 10 Colombians, according to a Gallup survey.

Although they have been mostly peaceful, the protests have resulted in some clashes that left four dead and half a thousand injured among civilians and uniformed members of the public force.

The protest that began with a union and student strike, backed by the opposition and the natives, was transformed into an explosion of unrest that for decades was contained under the conflict with the already dissolved FARC guerrillas.

The signing of peace with that group, in 2016, gave way to an unprecedented social protest, of long duration and intermittent intensity, but without the stigma of subversion.

Protesters demand from full compliance with the peace agreement with the former FARC guerrilla to more resources for public education.

Colombians also reject the deaths of hundreds of social and indigenous leaders in regions where ELN rebels, drug gangs of paramilitary origin or FARC dissidents operate.

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