Dozens of protesters gathered in the small town of Kalamata in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering in the city’s central square and demanding the immediate satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
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Riot police in the city of Concepción brutally cracked down on protesters who gathered after the police murder of a street artist in Panguipulli for failing to present his ID. Water cannons and tear gas were deployed as well as a contingent of Carabineros on foot, who made brutal arrests and assaults of protesters.
1,000 Portlanders attended a vigil in Vancouver for Kevin Peterson, remembering him and demanding justice against his killers. Right-wing agitators from Patriot Prayer armed with AR-15s arrived as well, assaulting protesters, as well as a Trump truck ramming through the crowd. After the vigil, protesters marched to Portland and the courthouse in Vancouver, being shot at twice by a Trump supporter.
Hundreds of Chilean protesters in the Santiago commune of Puente Alto marched to demand the abolition of police and the resignation of right-wing President Sebastian Piñera. Intense clashes with Carabineros (Chilean law enforcement) occurred, resulting in the torching of a gas station.
Thousands of protesters in Asunción returned to the streets for a 2nd consecutive day to demand the resignation of the President after the collapse of Paraguay’s healthcare system, with elective surgeries such as appendix removal shut down altogether and medicine at a critically low supply. Demonstrators first marched to the National Congress and then the palace of the president, clashing with police and singing chants against corruption.
