Washington D.C. anarchists took to the streets in a black bloc march numbering in the hundreds. Multiple clashes occurred with the police, though protesters were equipped for defense and few were injured. Chants shouted included “Fuck Trump, Fuck Biden, No More Presidents!”, “Burn Down the American Plantation!” and others.
Hundreds of protesters in Valparaiso marched on the National Congress of Chile while president Sebastián Piñera gave a State of the Nation address, demanding his immediate resignation and the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. Police repressed the demonstration, leading to widespread clashes and police violence throughout the day.
Chileans placed barricades at the Villa Francia memorial on Curacaví street in Santiago, demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners.
Hundreds of protesters in Cúcuta took to the streets against neoliberal policies stretched out over multiple presidencies in Colombia, as well as the Tributary Reform which would increase taxes on basic goods and services, such as utilities as well as cutting government aid to low-income workers and households.
Dozens of protesters returned to the streets of Hillah in the Babylon governorate, in defiance of the recent crackdown on protesters by the Iraqi government during the anti-corruption protests that began in October 2019; security forces have killed over 600 people via sheer brutality and the indiscriminate use of live ammunition for over a year as a form of crowd control.
