Hundreds of protesters in the city of Armenia returned to the streets in opposition to the privatization of healthcare and police violence amid a general strike. Police opened fire on demonstrators with live rounds, then terrorizing the city, attacking anyone they found.
Over 100 protesters in Ioannina marched against police repression in universities, enabled by a law passed by the Ministry of Education which allows police back into campuses for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship decades ago.
Dozens of protesters marched in the northwestern small town of Florina, demanding the repeal of a law proposed by the Minister of Education Niki Kerameos which would restore police to university campuses for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1975.
Around 1,500 protesters took to the streets of El Salvador’s capital, against president Nayib Bukele and his policies of militarization, constitutional violations, and adopting Bitcoin as a national currency. Police blocked off the path to the Legislative Assembly, causing confrontations but no clashes or arrests occurred.
Hundreds gathered a few blocks away from the wake of Francisco Martínez, the Panguipulli street artist murdered by police, to protest against state brutality and repression. Carabineros responded with heavy usage of chemical weapons used on demonstrators and would go on to attack the wake itself, causing massive chaos in the area.
