Miners joined in on the agricultural strike and blockade of the Panamerican highway, taking several key points and reinforcing the numbers of the strikers. Hundreds of union members from the Doe Run metallurgical plant located in La Oroya blockaded the highway critical to the supply of food to the capital Lima, demanding the government turn over management of the mining complex.
Protesters gathered at the PPB’s bargaining negotiation at Portland Police Association, the Portland police union building, carrying out noise disruption to stop the negotiations and annoy those inside. Demonstrators sprayed “ACAB” on the union building’s door before dispersing afterwards.
Young Panamanians protested against President Laurentino Cortizo’s decision to exclude people less than 25 years old from the “solidarity voucher”, giving people $100 per month to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic’s financial stress. Students blockaded several roads in response to the decision, including the Balboa and Cinco De Mayo avenues. Police responded by opening fire with rubber bullets and arresting several students, taking them to a police station, and later releasing them without torturing them in any form.
Protesters in Quito demonstrated against a deal between the government and the IMF, in which the Ecuador would earn a $6.5 billion credit, and to make sure it would be payed back, the sales tax would be increased from 12 to 15%. This sparked rioting in the capital, with police unable to suppress the tens of thousands who took to the streets.
After 36 hours, the police in Colombia have killed 5 more protesters, and injured ~60 more. 20 police stations have been burned down, and police are as of right now actively using live rounds on protesters; paramilitaries have also been filmed working with the police.
