National Strike in Colombia (April 28th to…) Translated by Conor Harris. The morning of Wednesday, April 28th did not bode well for a massive protest in Colombia. The country was at the peak of a third wave of COVID 19 infections, and its hospitals were under a red alert due to the high occupancy rates of Intensive Care Units. The national government, as well as many regional and local governments, had issued a stay-at-home order to avoid infections due to large-scale, open-air gatherings. Moreover, some regional and local governments issued mandatory curfews, prohibitions on the sale of alcohol, and obligatory…