Protesters continued the Panamerican blockade for a 5th day, with clashes escalating and later ending in the murder of an indigenous youth by police in Ica. Interim President Francisco Sagasti, inaugurated November 15th, condemned the killing and called it a tragedy, but did not dole out a punishment for those responsible as farmers continued to hold their ground.
Blockades of the Panamerican highway in Peru by farmers continued amid fears of a government crackdown as police began to march from Chincha to Ica, the center of the strikes against pro-business laws and deregulation of the agro-exporting business.
Hundreds of protesters in Washington D.C. took to the streets in solidarity with Brooklyn Center demonstrations demanding justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man murdered by officer Katie Potter.
Youth in Palestine clashed with the Israeli Defense Forces that were moving through the village of Jaba’a, throwing Molotov cocktails and keeping up resistance for hours as the military passed the area.
Over 5,000 protesters gathered to pay homage at the funeral of Luisa Toledo Sepúlveda, a leftist Mapuche activist known for continuing the legacy of her 3 sons murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile during the 1980s. Clashes with police and looting occurred along the caravan’s route, though the funeral itself occurred without incidents.
