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State of emergency declared in Kazakhstan

Published on: January 5, 2022
09:33

Nursultan, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, today declared a state of emergency in the region of Almaty, after a wave of protests that the country is facing due to the rise in fuel prices.

Colombian politicians pitch into new bill against social protest

Published on: December 22, 2021
11:12

Bogota, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) Colombian opposition politicians on Wednesday lashed out at a government-proposed controversial bill (and passed by the House of Representatives of the Congress) on the grounds that it criminalizes social protest in Colombia.

Uruguayan transport union condemns police repression

Published on: December 11, 2021
08:45

Montevideo, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Transport Workers' union (UNOTT) condemned the police repression of a peaceful protest demonstration in which a participant was injured by riot munition.

Subway lines in Buenos Aires to stop working due to union protests

Published on: December 7, 2021
14:30

Buenos Aires, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Workers of all six subway lines in Buenos Aires said on Tuesday that as of next Thursday they will hold a protest due to the lack of responses regarding working conditions.

France announces police reinforcement to protests in Guadeloupe

Published on: November 30, 2021
09:13

Paris, nov 30 (Prensa Latina) The French government announced today the dispatch of 80 additional gendarmes to control violent protests in overseas territory of Guadeloupe, where trade unionists frame mobilizations on social demands, beyond the vaccination issue.

French government resorts to police against protests in Guadeloupe

Published on: November 23, 2021
11:10

Paris, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) The French Government has deployed special units of the gendarmerie and the army to put an end to the protests taking place in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin informed on Tuesday.

Black Consciousness Day in Brazil

Published on: November 20, 2021
10:19

Brasilia, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) Some 113 events are being held today in 105 cities in Brazil and abroad, on the National Day of Black Consciousness, taking to streets and squares the cry Out Bolsonaro Racist.

Three killed in protests against military coup in Sudan

Published on: October 31, 2021
10:21

Khartoum, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Three people died and 109 were wounded by anti-riot fire during the massive protests that took place on Saturday in Sudan against last week’s military coup, the media reported.

Multiple protests in Panama

Published on: October 27, 2021
17:25

Panama, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) The rise in fuel prices, delays in the payment of salaries owed to nurses and social deterioration are the main causes of the protests staged today in Panama.

Roadblocks in Pakistan amid announcement of opposition march

Published on: October 22, 2021
09:35

Islamabad, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) Police in cities of Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi blocked today several roads to countercheck a march by illegal Islamic far-right Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party.

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