Caracas (Venezuela) - An estimated two thousand opponents of President Nicolas Maduro have marched in the Venezuela capital to demand authorities to set a date for overdue regional elections.
It might become the biggest protest event in US history. This Saturday, tens of thousands of people or more are supposed to take to the streets of Washington DC to join the “Women’s march”, an anti-Trump protest event supporting solidarity for minorities.
US President-elect Donald Trump’s first full day in office appears likely to be marked by one of the biggest demonstrations in American history.
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the Basque city of Bilbao to demand that jailed members of ETA serve out their sentences closer to home.
Florence (Italy) - There have been scuffles between Somali refugees and police outside the office of regional authorities in Florence.
In a bid to contain rising prices in the face of mounting street anger, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has set out a plan to help struggling families.
Tear gas has been fired in Lima, Peru, as police clashed with lorry drivers protesting at road toll charges going up.
Mexico City (Mexico) - Decades of government-set petrol prices are coming to an end in Mexico, and the first step of that process has seen price rises of more than 20 percent. It has also seen street protests.
Across the Philippines, thousands of people have protested against the burial with military honours of former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was laid to rest last week, 27 years after his death.