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2018. A controversial social security reform unleashed on April 18 the worst protests Daniel Ortega has experienced in his fifteen years in office. The Police, with the help of groups of armed civilians related to the Government,
brutally repressed the sources of dissent, leaving more than 300 dead and thousands of detainees, according to OAS figures.
2018
Paris. On November 17, thousands of French people took to the streets in protest at the Government's plans to increase taxes on hydrocarbons, starting a protest movement that was gaining in participation and virulence. Decked out in yellow , the protesters gathered for several consecutive Saturdays in different cities of the country, staging especially virulent altercations in Paris where there were dozens of wounded and detained and significant material damage was caused even in the Arc de Triomphe, one of the great symbols nationals.
2019
Hong Kong. The anti-government protests, which started on June 9, have been developing in the financial center of the city, as the
anger of the Hong Kong people grows for what they consider a Chinese interference in the freedoms that were promised to the former British colony. when it came back under Beijing's rule in 1997. But the Chinese government continues to blame the protests on "foreign forces" and claims that attempts to interfere with China's city governance are doomed to fail.
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2019
Chile. Since 18 October, the country has been experiencing a
social outbreak against the rise in the Metro fare, considered the most serious since the end of the dictatorship of Agusto Pinochet (1973-1990), and which claimed the lives of at least 23 people and caused thousands of injuries
2019
Bolivia. Evo Morales resigned from the presidency on November 10 after three weeks of
protests against his re-election in the October 20 elections, in which there were irregularities. The violence in the Andean country, which left 36 dead, began on October 21, a day after the elections in which the now-former president was declared the winner.
2019
Colombia. Similar to other
Latin American countries, similar protests took place in Colombia, where mass protests called by unions have been taking place since November 21 to express their
rejection of the social and economic policies of President Iván Duque.
2019
Ecuador experienced between October 3 and 13 one of the most
serious waves of violence in its history, as a result of the decision by the government of President Lenín Moreno, to eliminate the fuel subsidy, a measure that was finally repealed by the executive to pacify the country after the death of at least half a dozen people in riots.
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