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Added on the 21/06/2022 18:34:53 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police and demonstrators continue clashing on day 12 of a fuel price revolt in Ecuador, that has claimed six lives and injured dozens. An estimated 14,000 protesters are taking part in the mass show of discontent countrywide against rising hardship in an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Security forces clash with protesters in Ecuador's capital Quito, as thousands of indigenous people began marching through the city against President Lenin Moreno's decision to slash fuel subsidies. IMAGES
Tensions erupt at Place de la Nation at the end of the Paris May Day march. Law enforcement fired tear gas to deal with what a police source called a minority of "radical elements". IMAGES
Police disperse demonstrators with flashbangs and water cannons near the centre of the capital Quito on the ninth day of Indigenous-led fuel price protests. The head of Ecuador's armed forces has denounced as a "grave threat" to democracy the wave of protests that have triggered several regional states of emergency and a curfew in the capital Quito. IMAGES
Protesters and police violently clash in Chile after it ordered an overnight curfew for the third day in a row. IMAGES