Protests
The protests in Distrito Federal, Mexico, will continue indefinitely, after a meeting between legislators and teachers of the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE) on August 27 in Mexico City ended without an agreement. It was the first attempt at a dialogue regarding the reforms to education laws being discussed in Mexico's Congress.
The anti-government protests and the official demonstrations in favor of President Nicolás Maduro's government once more filled the streets of Venezuela's main cities on Thursday, showing a divided Venezuela, wrapped in a wave of violence that has killed six people and left dozens injured.
President Nicolás Maduro threatened to expel CNN from Venezuelan soil if it doesn't comply to "ratify" the information it has broadcast regarding the wave of political protests in the country.
The protests in Venezuela against the government of President Nicolás Maduro continue on Wednesday, increasing in intensity after news broke out about the death of a young marketing student and beauty queen, Génesis Carmona, who was interned at a hospital on Tuesday night because she was shot in the head.
Thousands of protesters of President Nicolás Maduro's government took to the streets of Venezuela's main cities, protesting the high cost of living, shortages and exorbitant insecurity levels; at least one person died, five more were injured by gunfire and immeasurable disturbances were the consequences.
The protest in favor of teachers on strike in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, September 7, a mobilization that gathered over 10 thousand people, resulted in clashes between police and masked anarchists who caused severe damages to buildings in the Brazilian city.
Today, Chileans commemorated their 9/11: the brutal military coup that led to the repressive, violent 17-year dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
On August 29, hundreds of Colombian soldiers took to the streets of Bogota following violent clashes and riots. President Juan Manuel Santos later acknowledged that he had "militarized" the city as a preventive measure to curb violence.
Brazilian Police is tightening security in the city of Fortaleza (northeast), where some thousands of protesters tried to approach the stadium on Wednesday before the game between Brazil and Mexico.
