Workers in the Tolpán Wind Farm (Parque Eolico Tolpán), of the Acciona enterprise, near Concepción, went on strike for better working conditions and demanding more frequent paychecks. They set up barricades on the road, joining the general strike that began in the country.
Police in Brighton attacked a vigil in remembrance of Sarah Everard, a British woman murdered by a police officer weeks earlier before her body was found and charges were laid. 3 women were arrested at the vigil, with a heavy law enforcement presence in the area.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago returned to the streets in a round of mobilization in support of prisoners of the uprising in Chile, demanding an immediate general pardon and release of all those convicted of resisting state power during the revolt of October 18th, 2019. Police repressed the demonstration with tear gas and water cannons, resulting in widespread clashes around Plaza Dignidad.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Ibagué for a 5th day, following the murder of a teenager the night before for throwing paint-filled balloons at police, condemning privatization & state brutality in Colombia. After the demonstration ended, police went after dispersed demonstrators, terrorizing neighborhoods and attacking civilians.
Riot police attacked hundreds of anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince demonstrating against the imperialist-backed mandate of President Jovenel Moise, seen by the public as a murderous dictator. Law enforcement & government-paid street gangs fired tear gas and terrorized participants in the attempted rally held in the middle of Haiti’s capital.
