Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rochester the day after a police officer pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, demanding an investigation into the event and the immediate dismissal of the officer responsible. Demonstrators marched to the police station, shaking barricades, before leaving to avoid arrests and dispersing shortly after with a caravan of support on their tail.
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Thousands of women in Valparaíso took to the streets on International Women’s Day to protest against government incompetence in stopping femicides and to demand safe and legal abortions in all of Chile. Police attacked the demonstration, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse peaceful protesters.
Hundreds of members of the indigenous Mbya Guaraní community marched in Caaguazú to demand the resignation of president Marito Abdo, widely held responsible for the suspicious disappearance of $1.6 billion from Paraguay’s healthcare budget, which has led to an overwhelming of hospitals that have been forced to ration medicine and suspend elective surgeries like appendix removal.
Demonstrators gathered at highways across Germany and dropped banners in solidarity with environmentalist and anarchist activists occupying & protecting Dannenrod Forest, dropping banners at more than 10 sites, blocking more than 7 highways for the day.