Lebanese demonstrators blocked the Eliah intersection in Sidon and the Khaldeh highway, placing barricades and burning tires to protest the government’s mishandling of hyperinflation and soaring gas prices.
Hundreds of protesters marched in New York on the first day of Derek Chauvin’s trial, demanding justice for the murdered George Floyd who became the catalyst for the popular uprising that grappled the United States in the summer of 2020.
Over 8,500 migrants have crossed Honduras into Guatemala, with the number ever-increasing as more and more desperate and impoverished people attempt to seek a new life in the country that has imperialized the continent. Extreme violence broke out at Vado Hondo in Chiquimula, where the Guatemalan military and police were sent to attack unarmed and poor migrants trying to cross the border.
Workers in the Tolpán Wind Farm (Parque Eolico Tolpán), of the Acciona enterprise, near Concepción, went on strike for better working conditions and demanding more frequent paychecks. They set up barricades on the road, joining the general strike that began in the country.
Health workers in a Curicó hospital joined the Chilean general strike, demonstrating against the Piñera administration, demanding more funds for a bigger salary and more effective containment of COVID-19, and the release of all political prisoners during the national uprising.
