Dozens of protesters marched in Santiago to demand that the government halt pension cuts as well as pay them out to elderly people who are also houseless, who have been widely excluded from receiving social benefits. Demonstrators also attacked the state policy of handing out the job of pensions to life insurance companies, which are widely viewed in Chile as negligent.
Hundreds of protesters in Zaragoza gathered in solidarity with Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested for criticizing the monarchy of Spain and supporting the former revolutionary ETA Basque organization.
Dozens of protesters in Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia shut down a local highway to demand the resignation of president Marito Abdo, widely held responsible for corruption resulting in the disappearance of $1.6 billion from Paraguay’s healthcare budget.
Thousands of students took to the streets of Athens, demanding the end of the law proposed by the Minister of Education which would bring police back to university campuses. Riot police assaulted the demonstration, sparking a series of clashes with Molotov cocktails, poles, and fire extinguishers between the crowd of students and law enforcement.
Around 1500 women took to the streets of Rancagua on International Women’s Day, demanding an end to femicides as well as safe and legal abortions in Chile. Demonstrators converged on the local police station, clashing with police and lobbing objects into the building.
