Dozens of Colombian protesters in Bucaramanga gathered to commemorate the lives of two Industrial University of Santander students studying social work, Manuela Betancourt and Angie Paola Cruz, victims of femicide on the 7th of February in 2020 at the hands of Argemiro Urrego.
Youth in Vienna rioted on New Year’s, looting and damaging several businesses and setting off fireworks in the Reumannplatz. Several clashes with police occurred, but resulted in very few arrests of young people heavily armed with fireworks.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of São Paulo in opposition to right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, demanding greater expanded access to vaccines and the end of ethnic cleansing against indigenous people in the Amazon to make way for plantations and farms.
Dozens of protesters marched to the California State Capitol in Sacramento in opposition to a planned Trump event there, then splitting up into 2 groups and making noise outside of the Sacramento County Jail while marching through the city with an Abolish ICE Banner.
Hundreds of taxi drivers went on strike in Cúcuta, blocking roads to protest against the privatization of healthcare and police violence amid a general strike. Despite a military presence in the city, the workers remained undeterred and continued to block roads for hours.
