Protesters in the Puente Alto commune of Santiago attacked Police Station No. 66 in the Bajos de Mena neighborhood with Molotov cocktails, burning down the front of the station after the repression that took place during the wake of Francisco Martínez, the street artist murdered by police in Panguipulli.
Daily Archives: February 7, 2021
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Dozens of Afro-Colombians protested in Buenaventura against government incompetence after an armed gang occupied the vital port city, with killings and disappearances rampantly occurring, mostly dissidents against the cartel holding control of the region.
Protesters in Miami participated in the weekly South Beach March for Black Lives, traveling through the city's island coastline.
Around 250 anarchists and communists in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin marched in protest of the eviction of a houseless camp in Rummelsburg Lake, demanding the restoration of the stolen property of the houseless and the opening back up of the lake's waterfront to tents.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the cities of Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, whose mandate is seen by many as illegal, as, by the public, he is seen as an imperialist-backed dictator who funds paramilitaries to keep the streets clean of opposition. Demonstrators burned American flags in condemnation of the country's support of Moise, calling for democratic elections and a free press.
Dozens of protesters clashed with police in the Bonilla neighborhood of Antofagasta, demanding justice for a murdered street juggler in Panguipulli. Tear gas was deployed by Carabineros, Chilean law enforcement, which seeped into the homes of civilians. 3 protesters were arrested by the end of confrontations.
Police assaulted hundreds of cyclists in Santiago, who were participating in a protest bike ride along the Alameda to demand amnesty for all political prisoners. Carabineros in response to the peaceful demonstration deployed tear gas and water cannons against the crowd.