Hundreds of protesters gathered in Montevideo gathered to demand increased funding for public education for better working conditions and salaries for professors. The demonstration came as the ruling liberal National Party made budget cuts to education, as part of a wider neoliberal campaign to privatize elements of the public sector.
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Thousands of students took to the streets of Montevideo on the Student Martyrs' Day in Uruguay, commemorated every year since 1968, in which dentistry student and left-wing activist Líber Arce died of his injuries after being shot by a police officer.
Anarchists in Uruguay set fire to barricades on the Route 10 seaside highway, demanding the immediate release of subversive prisoner Marcelo Villarroel, and in memory of comrade Mauricio Morales and all fallen prisoners of the anarchist social war.
Uruguayan anarchists in the city of Montevideo lit barricades in solidarity with all political prisoners as well as in remembrance of Mauricio Morales, a comrade killed in combat with police on May 22nd, 2009. Via Contra Info Uruguayan anarchists in the city of Montevideo lit barricades in solidarity with all political prisoners as well as in remembrance of Mauricio Morales, […]
Anarchists in Montevideo, Uruguay, launched an attack against a police station with Molotov cocktails, starting a fire that permanently damaged the front of the police center.