Tens of Thousands Across Colombia Continue Protests Against Tax Reform & Healthcare Privatization

Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Colombia against new tax hikes on the middle class, privatization of healthcare, and decades of a conservative establishment maintaining a chokehold on the nation. Police and the military responded brutally, using live rounds and killing several protesters in various cities.

4 May

Thousands of Uruguayans March in Montevideo on Student Martyrs' Day

Thousands of students took to the streets of Montevideo on the Student Martyrs’ Day in Uruguay, commemorated every year since 1968, in which dentistry student and left-wing activist Líber Arce died of his injuries after being shot by a police officer.

Arce had been shot during a protest by student unions after government forces ransacked universities on the 9th of August following a declaration of martial law implemented with the excuse of fighting the Tupamaros urban guerrilla.

Hundreds of Uruguayans in Montevideo Protest Budget Cuts to Education

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Montevideo to demand increased funding for public education for better working conditions and salaries for professors. The demonstration came as the ruling liberal National Party made budget cuts to education, as part of a wider neoliberal campaign to privatize elements of the public sector.