Tag: protests

Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:46 UTC
Rioting in US Twin Cities following the death by police of a handcuffed black man

Authorities in Minneapolis and its sister city St Paul got reinforcements from the National Guard on Thursday as they girded for fresh protests and violence over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man.
Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:55 UTC
Street demonstrations in Ecuador to protests drastic economic measures

Demonstrators defied coronavirus restrictions to march in cities across Ecuador on Monday in protest against President Lenin Moreno's drastic economic measures to tackle the crisis.
Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Chilean army sent to contain hungry mobs in poor neighborhoods of Santiago

Coronavirus cases soared in Chile on Tuesday as soldiers were deployed to back up riot police in Santiago following clashes with demonstrators angry about food shortages and job losses.
Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Clashes with police in Santiago de Chile because of food shortages in the poorest neighborhoods

Police and protesters clashed in Santiago on Monday amid a city-wide lockdown meant to stem the spread of the coronavirus as local officials warned that food shortages had hit one of the Chilean capital's poorest neighborhoods.
Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 06:37 UTC
Trump supports right wind armed protestors who stormed Michigan Capitol building

President Trump threw his support behind armed right-wing protesters who entered the Michigan Capitol shouting and blocked the office of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, claiming that they are “very good people, but they are angry.”
Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Facebook removes events promoting protests against stay-at-home measures

Facebook Inc said on Monday that it has removed events in Nebraska, New Jersey and California promoting protests against stay-at-home measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.
Friday, March 13th 2020 - 07:29 UTC
Civil disobedience resumes in Chile with demands for president Piñera to step down

A Chilean student blinded in both eyes by police rubber bullets became the symbol of this week's protests on the second year of president Sebastián Piñera's mandate but also the thirtieth anniversary of the return of democracy to Chile.
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:35 UTC
Chile's main rock festival turned into major clashes and arson between protesters and police

Thousands of protesters armed with stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails clashed with police on Sunday as one of Latin America's biggest music festival opened, in the latest spurt of a four-month-old wave of grassroots anger over economic inequality and other woes.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Guaido returns to Venezuela greeted by supporters but also attacked by Maduro government thugs

Opposition leader Juan Guaido returned to Venezuela on Tuesday following a 23-day international tour in which he defied a ban on leaving the country imposed by President Nicolas Maduro's government. Guaido announced his return on Twitter before being greeted by a throng of cheering supporters at the Caracas international airport, where he arrived on a flight from Portugal.
Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Violence resurgence in Chile: three deaths, looting and torched supermarkets

A man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a supermarket was torched in Chile's capital Santiago on Friday, bringing the death toll from a resurgence in violent unrest rose to three. A mob looted and then set fire to the supermarket in southern Santiago in the early hours of Friday.