Antifascist counterprotesters arrived to counter a MAGA caravan scheduled to go through New York City, which ended up fleeing upstate. The NYPD assaulted protesters, and arrested a journalist as well as 17 demonstrators. Up to 30 out of the 300 protesters were injured, although the protest achieved its original goal of diverting the rally.
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Demonstrators gathered across Chile in solidarity with the strikers in Santiago to protest against the regime of President Sebastian Piñera, burning barricades and shutting down access roads across the country. Roads and highways were blocked in Antofagasta, Valparaíso, and other cities.