Protesters in Barcelona took to the streets against evictions going on in Catalonia, that have resumed despite a mass economic crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the entirety of Spain that has resurged. More than 2,000 attended, and clashed with police later on in the day.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Neiva for a 5th day, demanding the immediate withdrawal of healthcare privatization and police violence amid police violence. Despite police attacks with tanks and tear gas early on, the crowd remained peaceful after gathering near a local hospital in support of medical workers.
Demonstrators across Santiago placed roadblocks and burned barricades on the 3rd anniversary of the inauguration of Sebastian Piñera, the widely despised president of Chile infamous for instituting privatization and many neoliberal policies throughout his term.
Dozens of Afro-Colombians gathered at the Ministry of the Interior in Bogota to demand an end to the cartel occupation of the predominantly black community of Buenaventura, a vital port city on Colombia’s Pacific coast.
Dozens of protesters in Yangon returned to the streets at nightfall, banging pots and pans and blocking roads in opposition to a military coup carried out on the 1st of February against the elected leader of Myanmar, Su Chi.
