Thousands of farmers continued to gather at Ica, burning barricades in the Panamerican highway and effectively shutting down most travel in Peru. The cities of Parcona, San José de Los Molinos District, Santiago, Tate, and Pachacútec all had their access roads blocked, and Lima remained shut off from the rest of the country.
Workers from the province of Pisco also went on strike, joining the Panamerican blockade in Ica.
Dozens of protesters returned to the streets of Lebanon at various sites to decry state corruption and repression against activists demonstrating against government incompetence in handling hyperinflation and soaring gas prices.
Thousands of students took to the streets of Montevideo on the Student Martyrs’ Day in Uruguay, commemorated every year since 1968, in which dentistry student and left-wing activist Líber Arce died of his injuries after being shot by a police officer.
Around 300 protesters in Frankfurt marched after a 19-year-old Iraqi refugee died in a hospital after being arrested for possession of marijuana. While in custody, Qosay Sadam Khalaf “collapsed” in his cell and was taken to a hospital, where he ended up dying. Police attacked the demonstration, kicking and punching protesters without provocation.
Medical workers in the Barros Luco Hospital went on strike in solidarity with political prisoners held by the Piñera regime, imprisoning protesters […]
