Protesters in the Miramar neighborhood of Antofagasta took to the streets and burned barricades to demand justice for a Mapuche indigenous woman killed in a resort in the town of Panguipulli.
Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated across Guatemala against government corruption and a budget plan that took away from the poorest and gave to the richest of the country. Over 40 arrests occurred nationally, with hundreds more injured. Demonstrations took place in Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, and Huehuetenango.
Dozens of protesters gathered at a courthouse in Patras in solidarity with 9 comrades arrested during the occupation of the SW Achaia Offices, marching through the city waving a banner demanding the acceptance of N17 hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas’ demands, including his transfer to Korydallos Prison in Athens where he can access better medical treatment and see visitors.
Protesters in the Santiago borough of Lo Espejo burnt barricades after the brutal murder of a woman named Pamela, who was burned alive in the car that she lived in a few days prior. Demonstrators became enraged after police did not try to arrest the person responsible, who still walks out in the open with total impunity.
Around 400 people in Heraklion marched against police brutality justified by enforcing COVID-19 restrictions, with law enforcement and the military overfunded despite hospitals being overwhelmed with ICUs in Greece near full capacity as the healthcare system is left without money.
