Hundreds in Bucaramanga returned to the streets for a 2nd day of demonstrations decrying neoliberalism and demanding the repeal of a tax hike on basic goods and services, including a 19% toll on utilities such as internet, water, and electricity bills.
Protesters in Barcelona took to the streets against evictions going on in Catalonia, that have resumed despite a mass economic crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the entirety of Spain that has resurged. More than 2,000 attended, and clashed with police later on in the day.
Around 150 Portland protesters took to the streets in support of a national uprising and general strike in Colombia against corruption, wealth inequality, and police violence. Demonstrators called for the end of US cooperation with the existing regime and expressed their support with the demonstrations from abroad.
Hundreds of cyclists participated in a “ciclomarcha” or bicycle march for the resignation of right-wing President Sebastian Piñera, amnesty for all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising, and a more heavy-handed response to COVID by the state.
Around 150 protesters took to the streets of Portland’s Pearl District to demand the abolition of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, a widely hated agency in the United States due to its job of carrying out deportations. The local USCIS office was covered in graffiti, and a police car was smashed in before law enforcement arrived on the scene, arresting 2 people and attacking a journalist.
