After increases in fuel prices triggered unrest in Kazakhstan this week, the country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev vowed to respond “robustly,” saying “we intend to act with maximum severity regarding law-breakers,” in a televised address Wednesday evening. Protesters stormed and set fire to the presidential residence and other government offices in the city of Almaty Wednesday... Continue Reading →
Protesters across Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, and other cities blocked highways and intersections in Lebanon on Monday with burning tires and rubbish dumpsters. They called on the government to control the country’s financial meltdown and worsening living conditions. In recent weeks, Lebanese pound plummeted to a historic low of 25,800 to the U.S. dollar. The country’s deteriorating... Continue Reading →
Protesters in Ecuador blocked the Pan-American highway with fallen trees and tire fires as they began a strike against rising gas prices. The demonstrators are urging the government to freeze gas prices at 2020 costs. Ecuador president Guillermo Lasso is gradually increasing gas prices to align them with international prices. Unions, social organizations and indigenous... Continue Reading →
Protesters in San Salvador, El Salvador have taken to the streets against President Nayib Bukele’s government. Many demonstrated against the circulation of Bitcoin and other economic measures, as well as a decree that removed judges from their functions.
Indigenous activists came to Washington, D.C. on Indigenous People’s Day, holding a rally outside of the White House, calling for President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency and to take more serious action to curb fossil fuel projects and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Protesters sang, danced, and prayed during the rally, as tensions... Continue Reading →
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