Demonstrators gathered in memorial of Esteban, a 15-year-old protester killed in Santiago earlier in the day, in La Pincoya, his hometown. The Carabinero police forces immediately arrived on-scene, using water cannons against the demonstration and arresting several people.
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 motorcyclists in northwest Miami participated in a traditional anniversary event in honor of Martin Luther King Day, venerating the civil rights activist assassinated by the FBI.
Thousands of partygoers gathered in Huntington Beach, in Los Angeles, after organizing online, dubbing the event ‘Adrian’s Kickback’. Participants blocked roads and threw fireworks at police vehicles, with many jumping on and damaging police cruisers. Over 150 people were arrested, charged with a wide variety of offenses.
Anarchist protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets, banging pots and pans and blocking roads with flaming barricades in opposition to the continued imprisonment of participants of the 18th of October Uprising in 2019 and the struggle for indigenous Mapuche land rights in Chile.
