Agricultural, worker and citizen organizations from different parts of the Tambo Valley in Arequipa began a 48-hour strike on Thursday against the restart of operations at the Tía María (Southern) mining project, which they claim does not have a social license. Roadblocks were reported early in the morning in the southern region, as well as […]
Tag: Protests
Argentina: social movements protest against the Milei adjustment plan
This Friday the social movements and left-wing picketers carry out a series of protests in Argentina speaking out against the adjustment plan of the Government of Javier Milei and the policy that would be eliminating the mediation of these organizations in helping the most vulnerable. As part of this protest, the Piquetero Fighting Frontmade up […]
Farmers begin the ‘siege’ of Paris and the Government asks them to limit the protest
The farmers French began this Monday the ‘siege’ to some of the main access roads to Parisbetween warnings from the Government so that this action is limited and does not harm the lives of citizens. Since early in the afternoon, hundreds of tractors have begun to block several of the highways and national roads that […]
Citizens and activists demand closure of Pemex refinery in northern Mexico
Thousands of inhabitants of Monterey, In the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León, they protested this Sunday to demand the closure of the refinery of Mexican Petroleum (Pemex)which they blame for the pollution that keeps the city one of the most polluted on the continent Amid slogans, armed with banners and some wearing gas masks, […]
Protesters ask Macron not to enact French law to regulate immigration
Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across the country on Sunday. France to ask the president Emmanuel Macron not to enact a tough new immigration law that, they say, bears the imprint of the far right and betrays French values. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 75,000 people participated in the marches […]
Incidents and several detainees after the CGT concentration in Buenos Aires
Various incidents occurred this Wednesday in the center of Buenos Aires when police blocked traffic on some avenues and prevented the passage of hundreds of people who had participated in a rally called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and other social organizations in front of the Supreme Court of Argentina to protest against […]
BCP: growing 2% in 2024 will not help reduce poverty
The Peruvian economy will close the year at -0.5% or -0.6% – its worst level in the last 25 years, not counting the pandemic – according to Carlos Prieto, manager of the BCP’s Economic Studies Area. The equation that explains the deterioration of GDP is known: social protests, El Niño Costero, Cyclone Yaku, inflation and […]
Argentine government minimizes impact of protests against Milei adjustment plan
Argentine government this Wednesday minimized the impact of the first street protest against the president’s economic adjustment plan Javier Milei carried out in Buenos Aires and which brought together some 3,000 people, according to the authorities. In an appearance before the media, shortly after the mobilization carried out in the center of the Argentine capital […]
Argentine government will remove social aid from those who attend protests
He Government of Argentina confirmed this Monday that those beneficiaries of social plans who attend protest marches will stop receiving that state aid and affirmed that the Executive will seek to eliminate the intermediation of social organizations for the granting of those subsidies. “The only ones who are not going to receive the plan are […]
Argentina will not allow street closures or blockades of companies as a form of protest
He Argentine government warned this Thursday that the security forces will not allow street and highway closures or blockades of companies from now on as a form of social or union protest. “The streets are not taken. “We are going to organize the country so that people live in peace,” The Minister of Security, Patricia […]