News of protests

Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to stay in Venezuela

10-09-2024 09:05 Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to remain in Venezuela after her colleague and ex-presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia took up asylum in Spain.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela opposition wants candidate recognised as president-elect

06-09-2024 12:58 Marîa Corina Machado calls on nations across world to recognise candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect after disputed election.

CUTBACKS AT STATE AIRLINE

Adorni: 1,500 jobs cut at Aerolíneas Argentinas in six months

04-09-2024 17:33 Milei administration has reduced the size of flagship carrier’s payroll by 13%, says presidential spokesperson.

Crisis in Venezuela

Human Rights Watch reports ‘widespread’ human rights violations’ in Venezuela

04-09-2024 12:49 Rights NGO highlights "widespread human rights violations" against protesters, bystanders, opponents and critics in Venezuela following the disputed re-election of President Nicolás Maduro.

VENEZUELA IN CRISIS

Venezuelan opposition rallies in Caracas and vows to fight 'to the end'

18-08-2024 08:54 People rallied in several cities in Venezuela and as far afield as Spain, Belgium and Australia in response to a call by opposition leader María Corina Machado; Nicolás Maduro accuses ex-presidential rival Edmundo González Urrutia of planning to "flee to Miami."

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Islamophobia in the UK: We should all be concerned, not just Muslims

15-08-2024 15:28 We cannot fall into the fallacy of attributing an individual's crime to an entire religion.

by Marwan Sarwar Gill*

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

Maduro locks up 2,000 Venezuelans in fierce crackdown

05-08-2024 12:03 Long gone is the light-hearted, almost avuncular, version of Nicolás Maduro who attempted to charm the world in the lead-up to Venezuela’s presidential election. The man who took the stage at Miraflores Palace last week was exhausted — and angry.

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

'We were robbed': Despair in Venezuela after Maduro victory

30-07-2024 14:48 Thousands of furious Venezuelans took to the streets Monday to protest what they called a stolen election, tearing down posters of President Nicolás Maduro as the banging of pots and pans echoed through Caracas.

CONGRESS VIOLENCE

Officials slam ‘coup’ attempt after Congress clashes

13-06-2024 15:07 President Milei, Patricia Bullrich and Manuel Adorni accuse violent demonstrators of seeking to overthrow government in a "modern coup d'état."

Congress & Politics

Chaos outside Congress as anti-omnibus protest turns violent

12-06-2024 20:53 Cars and bins set alight as security forces and police clash with protesters outside Congress; At least five Peronist lawmakers treated by medical staff after being sprayed with tear gags.

LABOUR UNREST

Unions ramp up protests against Milei’s labour reforms

06-05-2024 14:30 Workers' assemblies complicate transport in and around Buenos Aires, with social groups set to demonstrate on Tuesday and the CGT's nationwide strike scheduled for Thursday.

EDUCATION & ECONOMY

Universities defy Milei’s spending cuts with massive march

23-04-2024 15:16 At cities nationwide, students, graduates, faculty and auxiliary staff from 57 national state-run institutions take to the streets “in defence of public and free university.”

POLITICS

Police clash with social organisations during anti-austerity protests

19-03-2024 17:08 Clashes as social organisations and picket groups demonstrate against growing hunger and lack of aid to food banks and soup kitchens. Protesters and journalists wounded.

PROTESTS IN COLOMBIA

‘Out, Petro!’ Thousands march against Colombian president

08-03-2024 00:04 President Gustavo Petro's social reform initiatives and ongoing violence in Colombia spark demonstrations as discontent grows.

STATE NEWS AGENCY

Télam offices fenced off, website disabled and workers suspended

04-03-2024 16:45 Workers of the state news agency called for "embrace” of Télam state news agency building in Buenos Aires in response to lockout by Milei government.

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Multiple demonstrations in Argentina to claim food aid

23-02-2024 17:49 Thousands of people marched on Friday across cities in Argentina to demand extra ood aid for soup kitchens and to reject severe austerity policies.

ARGENTINA IN CRISIS

Milei’s ‘no money’ slogan put to the test – but is there patience?

22-02-2024 16:46 Enthusiasm abroad for Javier Milei's presidential project is not matched by growing unrest on the streets of Buenos Aires.

LABOUR TENSIONS

Strikes pile up amid sting of Milei’s shock therapy

21-02-2024 16:03 Rail service, healthcare and schools all face disruption; Unions pushing back against government austerity measures.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

CONICET: Growing protests by scientists, researchers against cutbacks

20-02-2024 17:55 Researchers and scientists demonstrate against government cutbacks, with NGOs warning against "the systematic destruction of science and technology in Argentina."

by Enrique Garabetyan

POLITICS

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich deepens anti-picket doctrine

19-02-2024 16:37 Argentina's security minister is moving forward with her anti-picket protocol with social conflict on the rise and wants the courts to be swifter in lifting roadblocks – the order from her portfolio is not to dialogue with social organisations and union leaders.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Death of Russian Activist

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

16-02-2024 14:09 Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent critic, died on Friday in an Arctic prison; Protests begin as Western officials blame Putin for death of opposition leader.

Omnibus Protests

Four women arrested for peaceful protest outside Congress released after outcry

01-02-2024 19:01 Argentine federal police arrested and detained four women singing the national anthem on the curb in front of Congress Plaza. Following backlash from officials and political parties on social media, all were released this morning.

by Ashton Goren

EU-Mercosur Deal

France: EU-Mercosur trade deal 'won't be signed as is'

31-01-2024 14:39 Protesting European farmers fear the deal would further depress produce prices amid increased competition from exporting nations that are not bound by strict and costly EU environmental laws.

DEREGULATION PLAN PROTESTS

'Cacerolazo' protests against Milei’s reforms continue into second day

22-12-2023 10:00 Demonstrators took to the streets across Argentina on Thursday night as protests against President Javier Milei’s reform plan to “deregulate” the economy continued into a second consecutive night.

REACTION TO REFORM PACKAGAE

Milei defends mega-decree plan in wake of pot-banging protests

21-12-2023 16:49 Javier Milei reiterates importance of his economic reform plan and says extraordinary sessions will be called in Congress to secure its approval. "I must warn you more is coming, you’ll soon find out," declares president.

ANALYSIS

Chaos in Jujuy just a taste of what’s to come

22-06-2023 16:21 Protests and clashes with security forces in Jujuy are a snapshot from a film being projected in anticipation of Argentina’s next government.

by Walter Curia

UNREST IN JUJUY

Accusations fly after violent clashes in Jujuy

20-06-2023 17:02 NGOs and national government slam “repression” against demonstrators in northern province of Jujuy; Opposition Governor Gerardo Morales points finger at Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for unrest.

CLASHES OVER ROADBLOCKS

Tensions in Jujuy as demonstrators denounce ‘brutal repression’

19-06-2023 16:27 At least 40 arrests near the northern city of Purmamarca as indigenous, picketers and left-wingers demonstrate against constitutional reform limiting right to protest; Jujuy Governor Morales points finger at the national government for violence and says roadblocks will be broken up.

POWER-CUT PROTESTS

Porteños take protest to energy firm's doors after prolonged power cuts

16-03-2023 09:49 Residents renew protests across the capital and its outskirts amid prolonged power cuts. Blackouts, which have struck in the middle of an unprecedented heatwave, have left more than 100,000 homes in the dark.

Unrest in Peru

Peru investigating security force role in protest deaths

14-02-2023 13:41 Peruvian prosecutors investigating whether security forces were to blame for the deaths of several protesters during anti-government demonstrations in December.

As I see it

The French are at it again

04-02-2023 06:50 The time when a reasonable degree of economic equality seemed to be within reach now belongs to the past.

by James Neilson

Political tensions in Peru

Peru Congress again rejects snap election despite protests

02-02-2023 14:21 Peru's Congress on Wednesday voted down another bid to advance elections from April 2024 to this year, a move sought by President Dina Boluarte to calm unrest that has left dozens dead in seven weeks of anti-government protests.

Unrest in Peru

Experts: Peruvians place little trust in political class to solve crisis

30-01-2023 11:53 With a political class that is widely mistrusted and a Congress rejected by 88% of the population, Peruvians have grown increasingly disillusioned that a solution to weeks of violent unrest is upcoming.

Unrest in Peru

Peru president urges Congress to bring elections forward

30-01-2023 11:34 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has made a renewed appeal for Congress to move elections from 2024 to October 2023 as a way to end weeks of deadly protests, warning that otherwise she will seek constitutional reform to make a vote happen.

Unrest in Peru

'We are not at war, we are united' – Indigenous Uro community joins Peru protests

26-01-2023 13:08 The Uros, inhabitants of the floating islands on Lake Titicaca, also raised their voices this week in Peru's protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

Protests in Peru

'Civil war now!' exclaim demonstators in Peru as tensions rise

24-01-2023 13:31 Hundreds of demonstrators marching in Lima called for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte; Massive protests that have already claimed the lives of 46 people set to continue, Interior Minister Vicente Romero warns.

Peru Protests

Clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru government

20-01-2023 11:08 Thousands marched through Peru's capital and southern provinces Thursday in large anti-government rallies punctuated by clashes with police, defying a state of emergency declared over almost 1/3 of the country.

PERU

Peru president impeached despite bid to dissolve Congress

07-12-2022 17:02 Lawmakers defiantly gathered to debate and approve an impeachment motion, with 101 votes out of a total of 130 lawmakers, in a session broadcast live on television.

PERU

Peru's Castillo dissolves Congress, to name 'emergency' govt

07-12-2022 14:50 A new congress will be convened "as soon as possible," the embattled leader announced to Peruvians in a televised address.

PERU

Thousands march in Peru calling for president's removal

07-11-2022 13:34 Opponents of Castillo government march through Lima; Dozens of riot police use tear gas to prevent them from reaching Parliament and the government palace.