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Teachers reached the venue where Sheinbaum was speaking. Guatemala's top court gave police six hours to clear roads. Central America this weekend. The post Mexico and Central America Briefing: Teachers Break a Cordon in Oaxaca, Guatemala’s Court Threatens Ministers appeared first on The Rio Times.
Luis Pacheco and three other Indigenous ex-leaders cleared of charges over 2023 Guatemala protests.
There is no “red line” set for approving public assemblies, Hong Kong’s police chief has said, while warning that national security risks persist despite the landmark conviction and imprisonment of organisers behind the city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil for inciting subversion. The Hong Kong government on Saturday also strongly condemned Western countries, anti-China media, overseas organisations and politicians for launching “malicious attacks” over the trial of the disbanded Hong Kong...
Protesters and police have clashed in Chile, as the country marked 53 years of the military coup.
Protests set to erupt across Ireland, where President Connolly has long regarded the US as an untrustworthy power.
Convictions came under draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 following huge protests.
Former JPSC chairman L. Khiangte was arrested on August 10, a day after all three members of the panel resigned amid massive protests by aspirants over alleged irregularities in recruitment tests conducted by the commission.
It has been a rollercoaster ride for 'cockroach' party founder Abhijeet Dipke who gained celebrity status overnight.
Anti-immigrant protests in the country are back.
Despite severe security risks and an ongoing war, retirees, nurses, workers, teachers and students have held sit-ins and protests across Iran since this summer, most often over economic hardship. With prices going up every few hours, salaries and pensions going unpaid for months, and unemployment increasing, our Observers say life is becoming “impossible”.
Protesters marched in Lima against the arrival of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US policy toward Peru and Latin America, defending the autonomy of countries in the region. "What he has come to do is impose a policy without any kind of consultation, as if Peru were effectively his vassal," explained a woman participating in the march.
PMK leader Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss and AMMK chief T.T.V. Dhinakaran criticise the move by the State government.
MPSC students and aspirants have been staging massive protests, particularly in cities like Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, due to widespread anger over alleged examination irregularities, paper leaks, and delays in the recruitment process.
Adhikari leads ‘Gerua Samman Yatra’ from Golpark to Jadavpur attended by hundreds of saints and seers dressed in saffron
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday called snap parliamentary elections for October 25. They are expected to be a key test of his right-wing populist Serbian Progressive Party after nearly two years of student-led anti-corruption protests.
After months of electricity outages which have recently grown more severe, residents of The Gambia are becoming desperate. Thousands took to the streets on Monday in protest over the blackouts, burning tyres and chanting against the president.
The notice asked student Akshat Tripathi to explain why he shouldn’t provide a ₹5 lakh personal bond for allegedly “spreading anti-government propaganda” and “inciting” university students to join the Jantar Mantar protests
Barrow pledges new power infrastructure, including a 24-megawatt plant, to tackle the worsening electricity crisis.
It has been a year since Nepal's youth protested against corruption, prompting a leadership change.
September 8 marks a year since a Gen Z-led violent revolt against corruption in Nepal forced the then prime minister to resign. The protests were triggered when government tried to suspend many prominent social media platforms for failing to comply with new Nepalese A year on, and as the country still grapples with the devastation caused by deadly floods, Morgan Ayre looks back at how Nepal got to this point and the challenges that lie ahead.
The victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Sunday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt sparked protests across Germany on Monday, as demonstrators called for a united front against the hardline anti-immigrant party. Some protesters call for the party, some of whose members have praised the Nazis, to be banned, but others say AfD's success is a result of a failure of mainstream political parties.
Guatemala diesel prices have jumped over 80% since January, sparking marches and a bus-blockade threat as Congress stalls on a price-cap deal. The post Guatemala Diesel Prices Spark Protests As Congress Stalls appeared first on The Rio Times.
Dozens of young people congregated at Nepal’s burnt-out parliament building on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the former government. The gathering in memory of those who died in the demonstrations came as the Himalayan nation continues to mourn the vast loss of life from devastating floods two weeks ago. The rallies on September 8-9, 2025, were initially sparked by anger over a brief government ban on social media but were driven by deeper...
The opposition politician faces five charges over protests that followed the disputed 2024 election.
Albania’s Flamingo Revolution marks 100 days of protests over a luxury resort project backed by Jared Kushner.
Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham is accused of links to 1982 Hama massacre and 2011 protest crackdown.