Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tunja to demand the end of neoliberal policy in Colombia as well as the repeal of the Tributary Reform, which would impose taxes on key goods and services as well as removing government aid to low-income households and workers.
Protesters in the Santiago commune of Maipú placed and burned barricades during a national round of protests demanding justice for Francisco Martinez and Camilo Miyaki, both victims of police murder.
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.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Montevideo gathered to demand increased funding for public education for better working conditions and salaries for professors. The demonstration came as the ruling liberal National Party made budget cuts to education, as part of a wider neoliberal campaign to privatize elements of the public sector.
Dozens of protesters in New York participated in the weekly Stonewall march for Black Trans Lives, demanding justice for all those murdered and abused by police in New York.
