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Bloody crackdown in Myanmar
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Bloody week in Myanmar, Hong Kong crackdowns

March 4, 2021 Alfred Romann

In a bloody week in Myanmar, demonstrators continue to take to the streets but are facing an increasingly violent response from security forces. Hong Kong protesters return, ever so briefly.

Violent protests in Guatemala
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Violent protests in Guatemala and Colombia lead to fires, vandalism

November 24, 2020 Sergio Held

Violent protests in Guatemala and Colombia continue to raise the social temperature across Latin America. The reality was underscored by a violent weekend after protests led to fires, pitched battles and multiple injuries.

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Social Unrest

Protests and social unrest simmer around the world

October 20, 2020 Anticentric

The world is buttoned down and focused on fighting a pandemic but tensions are building in many places around the world. Protests and social unrest are simmering.

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Argentina: Economic crisis, COVID-19 and fears of corruption a volatile combination

April 9, 2020 Anticentric

Argentina’s middle class is reaching a boiling point and facing down yet another deep economic crisis, more corruption and mistrust of the government as COVID-19 lockdowns extend.

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Colombia’s armed strike raises stakes on Lat Am social unrest

February 25, 2020 Sergio Held

BOGOTA, Colombia. It had not happened in decades, maybe a lifetime. Then, in mid-February, the National Liberation Army (ELN) called for an armed strike across Colombia.  An armed strike is a unique form of social protest. An armed group, in this case the ELN, threatened to retaliate against any business

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