Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Barranquilla, in opposition to healthcare privatization and police violence amid an ongoing general strike. Despite the demonstration remaining peaceful on the highway, police attacked, firing tear gas and injuring several participants in the crowd fleeing the chemical weapon.
Dozens of fishermen across Chile took to the streets to demand more state aid and subsidization of the artisanal industry, made up largely of indigenous families. Artisanal fishers are one of the poorest professions in the country, with their minimum wage being around $389 a month.
Hundreds of protesters in Pasto took to the streets as part of the 4th day of a general strike in Colombia in opposition to the Tributary Reform, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services, as well as against the privatization of healthcare and hospitals. Demonstrators took down the statue of Antonio Nariño in the city center and were then attacked by police who shot tear gas and later militarized the city.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the town of Facatativa, opposing the privatization of healthcare and police violence during a 5th day of demonstrations in Colombia. Police appeared to first join the protesters as a trap, and then tear-gassed and attacked the crowd violently.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Antofagasta in solidarity with the uprising in Colombia against neoliberalism and police violence, met with brutal repression by state security forces under the leadership of president Ivan Duque, as well as with political prisoners of the uprising in Chile on hunger strike.
