Hundreds of demonstrators in Antofagasta returned to the streets demanding the immediate amnesty for the political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising in Chile, setting barricades across the city and blockading roads as the country moves into the 2nd day of the national mobilization demanding the resignation of the current president.
Thousands of protesters in Popayán took to the streets for a 4th day to demand the fall of the Tributary Reform, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services, as well as the privatization of hospitals and most healthcare. Police attacked the demonstration, tear-gassing the crowd and dispersing protesters across the city by nightfall.
Around 100 protesters in Antofagasta marched to demand the release of all political prisoners of Chile’s social uprising and the end of femicides in the country. Demonstrators burned barricades and set up roadblocks, with police arriving shortly after and deploying water cannons on the small crowd.
100 protesters gathered in Portland to demonstrate against the ongoing war in Tigray, a breakaway province of Ethiopia. Organizers called on the UN to take action amid accusations of genocide and at least 50,000 refugees and thousands dead, with ethnic Tigrinya people persecuted across the east African country.
Protesters in Italy took to the streets after a military-style quarantine was announced without a stimulus being passed, leading to possible widespread financial catastrophe. Most groups have no ties to the anti-mask movement, and most demonstrators are seen wearing masks.
