French youth continued clashes with police for a 4th day in the northeastern city of Tourcoing, following a law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of several motorcycles used for urban derbies. Demonstrators clashed with police, engaging in running battles across Tourcoing while throwing fireworks.
Protesters in Quito demonstrated against a deal between the government and the IMF, in which the Ecuador would earn a $6.5 billion credit, and to make sure it would be payed back, the sales tax would be increased from 12 to 15%. This sparked rioting in the capital, with police unable to suppress the tens of thousands who took to the streets.
Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Santiago on International Women’s Day, protesting against government incompetence in curbing a rise in femicides as well as to demand safe and free abortions in Chile. Police attacked the demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons, who fought back with barricades and rocks.
Thousands of health workers and their allies began a march from the coastal city of Valparaiso to the National Congress in Santiago, […]
Over 700 protesters in Chania took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding that the Greek government immediately satisfy the communist revolutionary prisoner’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
