Tag: protests

Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Colombian president caught between demands from businesses and people protesting in streets

Widespread street protests in Colombia are likely to force embattled President Ivan Duque to make major changes to his tax reform proposal if he wants to pass the bill before a year-end deadline.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Santiago graffiti underline protests' spirit “Never again will they have the comfort of our silence”

A month of intense protests against inequality and police repression in Santiago have transformed the Chilean capital’s streetscape into a caterwaul of graffiti whose messages reflect the deep discontent in this once genteel Latin American city.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 15:51 UTC
Teenager, symbol of ongoing protests in Colombia dies of injuries by a teargas canister

A teenager who became a symbol of ongoing protests in Colombia when he was injured by a teargas canister died of his wounds late on Monday, after President Ivan Duque met with unions and business leaders on the fifth straight day of demonstrations.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Colombia expelling 59 Venezuelans arrested during street protests

Colombia said on Monday it was expelling 59 Venezuelans for taking part in street protests, as conservative President Ivan Duque gathered with business and labor leaders in a bid to quell violent anti-government protests.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Yellow Vests in France celebrate first anniversary of protests with clashes in Paris

French “yellow vest” demonstrators occupied a top Parisian department store on Sunday, a day after clashes in the capital on the first anniversary of the protest movement. The glitzy Galeries Lafayette store in the Opera shopping district was evacuated after dozens of protesters chanting anti-capitalist and anti-government slogans took over the third floor.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:55 UTC
Chilean popular discontent spills over to the country's elite

Chile's long-untouchable elite is now bearing the brunt of popular anger spilling onto the country's streets, and analysts say the signals have been there for years. Resource-rich Chile has long been seen as a stable democracy with South America's highest per-capita income, but economic and political power has rested in the hands of the relative few
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:50 UTC
Huge peaceful demonstration in Santiago, but radicals loot a church and university

Around 75,000 people took to the streets in Santiago on Friday as part of ongoing anti-government protests in Chile. Local press reported the mostly peaceful demonstration as the second-largest since the protests broke out three weeks ago.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:40 UTC
“Street” doctors and nurses assist hundreds of injured in Santiago de Chile

Someone hundred Chilean doctors and nurses hit the streets shortly after riots broke out in Chile weeks ago, diving into the fray amid clouds of tear gas and volleys of rubber bullets behind just simple white shields.
Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Piñera admits “everything has changed in Chile”, but he won't resign and is sure of ending his mandate

Chile’s embattled President Sebastian Piñera has rejected the notion of resigning and believes he will reach the end of his term in just over two years despite intense anti-government protests that are roiling the country, according to an interview with the BBC.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Protests all over the world: are we witnessing an emerging global society?

By Gwynne Dyer – Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs, too. And what they’re writing this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the seemingly synchronized outbreak of protests in a large number of very different countries around the world.