Tag: protests

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 00:00 UTC

  Washington D.C. under public emergency for the next fifteen days

  

  Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday night extended the public emergency to 15 days, until the day after President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

• Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Several US state capitols had to close following a rash of “mirror” protests

  

  The chaotic protests at the US Capitol in Washington DC caused by a mob of Donald Trump supporters promoted by the president on Wednesday led several states to close their own legislative buildings, though protests outside Washington remained mostly peaceful.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:46 UTC

  Maradona in life, as in death, involved in chaos and controversy: fans overwhelm and invade the presidential palace

  

  Diego Maradona in life, as in death, was involved in chaos and controversy, and his funeral was not the exception. In effect Argentine police and fans who were lined up to see the casket of the football icon clashed on Thursday as authorities moved to shut down access to the Casa Rosada presidential palace ahead of a planned mid-afternoon shutoff for the public wake.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 18:29 UTC

  Guatemalans set congress on fire furious over corruption and lack of funds to combat coronavirus

  

  Hundreds of Guatemalans partly burned the Congress building on Saturday in a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Protests in main Brazilian cities as security guards beat to death a black man at a Carrefour supermarket

  

  More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Tens of people injured in Peru during clashes of ousted president militants with police

  

  At least 27 people have been wounded in clashes between police and protesters as thousands of Peruvians took to the streets to demonstrate against the dismissal of President Martin Vizcarra, police and rights groups say.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Street protests in Peru against the new government of interim president

  

  Peru's interim President Manuel Merino called for calm on Thursday amid protests that have escalated around the country since the abrupt ouster of former leader Martin Vizcarra.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 10:36 UTC

  Night of fury in Peru

  

  By Nicolás Monteverde
  
  LIMA, Peru – With music, dance, and chants, several groups of protesters expressed their outrage against the president Martín Vizcarra's Impeachment on Monday in Lima. The mobilization started at 9 am in Plaza San Martín, the iconic park in the heart of Lima where protests often take place first.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Piñera loses his third Interior minister, victim of the resurgent demonstrations

  

  A top aide of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera resigned after lawmakers censured him for allowing police abuses during social protests. Victor Perez quit on Tuesday shortly after the lower house voted 80 to 74 to temporarily suspend him from his duties, becoming Piñera's third Interior Minister to leave his post since 2018.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Philadelphia under after dark curfew following the killing of a black man by police triggered looting and arson

  

  Philadelphia officials imposed a citywide after-dark curfew on Wednesday, seeking to avert a third night of violence amid protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man wielding a knife and described by family as undergoing a nervous breakdown.