About 100 protesters took to the streets in New York against ICE and its brutal policies towards detainees captured in the United States and at the border, including but not limited to forced sterilizations of women as well as forced abortions.
Thousands of protesters in Ibagué took to the streets against neoliberal policy in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would impose new taxes on basic goods and services including utility bills. Police attacked the demonstration with water cannons, also making random arrests of demonstrators.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets after the police murder of a Chilean street artist in Panguipulli for the offense of failing to give his ID, burning barricades and shooting fireworks at police who arrived on the scene with armored cars and water cannon trucks.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago in a round of demonstrators to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastián Piñera and the end of decades of neoliberal policies in Chile. Police repressed the protest with water cannons and tear gas, dispersing the crowd which would soon reorganize at various sites across the capital.
Around 15,000 protesters took to the streets of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, to demand the resignation of the government after the collapse of the country’s healthcare system. Elective surgeries were already suspended by the Ministry of Health, and a shortage of medicine remains throughout the country. After police attacked the crowd, the Ministry of Finance was set on fire and widespread clashes began to occur across the city, prompting the resignation of the Minister of Health.
