Protests in Bogota have effectively settled down with protesters holding on to ~56 CAI substations that they have occupied and beginning to develop community centers. Police still assault protesters and civilians in the streets of Bogota with water cannons and tear gas, but they frequently get pushed back as well by heavily armed protesters.
Around 30 anarchists in Livadia took to the streets for a 3rd consecutive day in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering at the local town hall and then marching through the city center dropping leaflets until dispersing.
Protesters at Salvador Allende Avenue in Antofagasta burned barricades and raised banners to demand the release of all imprisoned protesters of Chile’s social uprising and the abolition of Carabineros, the country’s national police force.
Thousands of protesters in Bucaramanga took to the streets in opposition to neoliberal policy in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would impose taxes on basic services like internet, water, and electricity. After police tear-gassed the crowd, clashes began to occur on the streets with angry youth throwing rocks at law enforcement.
Food sector workers gathered in Athens to demand higher wages, also encouraging their colleagues to split off from traditional forms of wage labor and participate in the creation of cooperative businesses. Demonstrators held a banner reading “The state and the bosses go hand in hand. They follow their own class interests, let us follow ours! CLASS STRUGGLE!”
