That said, certain aspects of the budget bill did trigger protests: the temporary axing of $25M re malnutrition, reducing the human rights ombudsman's office budget by $2.5M, cutting the judiciary's budget almost in half... and the bill's passage at breakneck speed overnight.
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Police moved in with tear gas and people advanced and scattered away from
#Guatemala's congress, which is what you see ablaze. Firefighters are on scene and Red Cross personnel are nearby. I wasn't kidding when I said it's no longer discontent here. It's rage.pic.twitter.com/PJAwMaCecUNäytä tämä ketju -
This didn't send a while ago for some reason, but after riot police moved in to clear the area outside congress, the scene in
#Guatemala City's center became various groups of hundreds of protesters, some facing off against riot police with tear gas. Some scatter and regroup.pic.twitter.com/1duaqDtZZxTämä media saattaa sisältää arkaluonteista aineistoa. Lue lisääNäytä tämä ketju -
"I think this is just the beginning." Thousands of protesters took to the streets of
#Guatemala today and some set a fire in congress, after a controversial budget bill brought a series of long-simmering crises to a boiling point. Here's my article:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/21/guatemala-protesters-torch-congress-as-simmering-anger-boils-over …Näytä tämä ketju -
Protests continued. 20+ arrests. Some injured. Crackdowns on protests elsewhere.
@PrensaComunitar has community-based correspondents all over;@ruda_gt &@laCuerda2 are feminist media. RIP my notifications so apologies if I don't see other Qs, but yes, that was a guillotine. /endNäytä tämä ketju -
restart thread/ Ok, this is still flying around, so I'm going to add updates from the past 24 hours. I don't want to trash anyone's notifications so won't tag anyone, but will only cite tweets from journalists on the ground I recommend following if you understand Spanish.pic.twitter.com/JWVkbDY8ii
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Riot police crackdowns continued. They even tear gassed people rallying in the plaza who condemned property destruction. Protesters, bystanders and journalists suffered injuries. At least 2 people were hospitalized; 1 lost an eye, the other might too.https://twitter.com/estebanbiba/status/1330378902171217924 …
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Several people were injured outside congress in the immediate aftermath of the fire, when riot police moved in to clear the area. (They were obviously nearby but conspicuously absent beforehand even though it was crystal clear congress would be trashed.)https://twitter.com/Sonny_Figueroa/status/1330255333730766849 …
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There were demonstrations around the country and Guatemala City wasn't the only place riot police cracked down on protesters. This was in Huehuetenango, a predominantly Indigenous city in the western highlands, ~80km from the border with Chiapas, Mexico:https://twitter.com/PrensaComunitar/status/1330318268733812736 …
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More than 40 protesters and bystanders were arrested in Guatemala City over the course of yesterday afternoon, evening and night. There were also several arrests in at least another couple cities. Police were all over the center last night.https://twitter.com/simon_antun/status/1330332163963805697 …
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President Alejandro Giammattei said that anyone identified as having participated in vandalism would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Ministry of the Interior (includes police) officials accused protesters of committing acts of terrorism.https://twitter.com/Factor4_GT/status/1330390236447330304 …
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The Human Rights Convergence, a platform of human rights groups in Guatemala, said that the president and the Minister of the Interior "are responsible for dictatorial, arbitrary and illegal acts against social protest," and called for government and cabinet resignations.pic.twitter.com/YnzwPUQu8D
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Prior to the protests, human rights ombudsman Jordán Rodas successfully petitioned the Constitutional Court to order police to respect the right to protest. Following police violence, he requested the court order the destitution of the Minister of the Interior and police chief.pic.twitter.com/smNRcqvMpX
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Many Guatemalan journalists have spent all day covering proceedings against arrestees. Follow Jody García's A+ coverage. "We have to change the system... We'll return to the streets. That's a promise," one detainee says in this holding cell video she took:https://twitter.com/JodyReporta/status/1330595932455522304 …
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Hearings continue, but so far the vast majority of charges (illegal protest, public disorder, property damage) against protesters have been thrown out and judges have criticized prosecutors' failure to present evidence. Arrestees celebrate the good news:https://twitter.com/noficciongt/status/1330596604282363910 …
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While people arrested yesterday were in holding cells and courtrooms, others gathered in Guatemala City's plaza again this afternoon and evening to continue protests.https://twitter.com/lanegrisgt/status/1330665468315766785 …
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Guatemala's government put out a statement saying violent acts threaten democracy, invoking the Inter-American Democratic Charter and asking the OAS to mediate dialogue. Meanwhile, protests continue and calls for tomorrow and beyond have been circulating.https://twitter.com/PiaLaPeriodista/status/1330412852700655619 …
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I'm going to leave it there for tonight. In the 12 update tweets prior to this one, I cited tweets from 6 individual journalists and 3 independent publications. If you understand Spanish and want to follow Guatemala, I recommend following them, among others here. /pause threadpic.twitter.com/UTzdQ8CyUa
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On second thought, I'm definitively ending this thread now. I'm still tweeting updates, but not in this thread because I need to mute notifications on this beast so I can get back to functional twitter and turn notifications back on on my cell and whatnot. Thanks for reading!pic.twitter.com/lrR1JKFsy7
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