ANONYMOUS, 25 de septiembre de 2012. Will the Occupy movement dissolve Spain's parliament? (+video) Spain's government was hit by the country's financial crisis on two fronts Tuesday as protestors enraged with austerity cutbacks and tax hikes clashed with police near Parliament while the nation's borrowing costs increased in an auction of its debt.
Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition There have been clashes between police and anti-austerity protesters in Madrid. Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor Wood reports from Madrid. More than 1,000 riot police blocked off access to the Parliament building in the heart of Madrid, forcing most protesters to crowd nearby avenues and shutting down traffic at the height of the evening rush hour. Police used batons to push back some protesters at the front of the march attended by an estimated 6,000 people as tempers flared, and some demonstrators broke down barricades and threw rocks and bottles toward authorities. Bank of Spain warns of deep recession as 64 injured in protests. The Associated Press Published Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:27AM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:53AM EDT MADRID, Spain -- The Bank of Spain warned Wednesday that the country is in a deep recession, a day after clashes in Madrid between protesters and the police led to 38 people arrested and 64 injured.
The demonstrations on Tuesday evening against the government's austerity drive at a time of mass unemployment put in sharp relief the scale of discontent that's brewing in a country suffering its second recession in three years and an unemployment rate of nearly 25 per cent. In the wake of the clashes and a warning from the central bank's that the country's economy continues to shrink "significantly," financial markets have grown increasingly nervous. The main IBEX index in Madrid was down a hefty 2.6 per cent, while Spain's 10-year bond yield edged back up toward 6 per cent.
Smaller demonstrations Tuesday attracted hundreds of protesters in Barcelona and Seville. #25S : Le Direct. Newsletter for the week of September 25th, 2012. Info in English / en français. “Occupy Congress”: Thousands of Spaniards Surround Parliament in Madrid. Espagne-indignés: "répression" policière, dénoncée à l'ONU par Cristina Kirchner. MADRID / NEW YORK, mercredi 26 septembre 2012 (LatinReporters.com) - Les affrontements entre forces de l'ordre et manifestants du mouvement des indignés, mardi soir à Madrid, se sont soldés, selon le dernier bilan officiel, par 35 arrestations et 64 blessés, dont 27 policiers.
La "répression" policière espagnole a été dénoncée le même jour à New York par la présidente argentine Cristina Kirchner lors de son intervention devant l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU. Le mot d'ordre de cette nouvelle manifestation à Madrid avait été lancé via les réseaux sociaux, relais très actif de la colère des Espagnols. Colère face à la crise, qui laisse un quart de la population active au chômage, et contre des plans successifs de rigueur draconienne imposés par le gouvernement de droite de Mariano Rajoy. La préfecture estime à 6.000 le nombre de manifestants, ce qui est peu dans une ville, Madrid, accoutumée depuis le début de la crise à voir régulièrement défiler des dizaines de milliers de protestataires. Espagne : Appel des Indignés "debout" ("En Pie") : "Le 25 septembre, encerclons le Congrès !" Direct avec la Grè Des affrontements ont éclaté aujourd’hui mercredi 26 septembre à Athènes alors que des dizaines de milliers de Grecs défilaient pour la première journée de grève générale contre l’austérité depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du gouvernement de coalition, en juin dernier.
La présence de milliers de policiers déployés dans le centre de la capitale grecque n’a pas empêché la survenue de violences près du Parlement à l’issue de la manifestation, qui avait réuni près de 50.000 personnes. La police en tenue anti-émeute a lacé des gaz lacrymogènes. "Peuple, bats-toi, ils boivent ton sang", scandaient les participants accompagnés par des tambours. Vidé. September 25th: Surround the Spanish Congress. Via Coordinadora25S: The 25th of September the Spanish Parliament building will be surrounded as a symbol to rescue it from the kidnapping which has turned this institution into a useless organ.
A kidnapping of the popular sovereignty by the Troika and by The Markets, executed under the blessing and collaboration of most of the political parties. Parties which have betrayed their electoral programs, their voters and the people in general, breaking their vows and contributing to people’s gradual pauperization. Ocupa el Congreso 25 Septiembre. Do you know why the #25s the Spanish Congress will be surrounded by people? Read the manifesto. 25th September: Surround the Parliament of Spain.
The 25th of September the Spanish Parliament building will be surrounded as a symbol to rescue it from the kidnapping which has turned this institution into a useless organ. A kidnapping of the popular sovereignty by the Troika and by The Markets, executed under the blessing and collaboration of most of the political parties. Parties which have betrayed their electoral programs, their voters and the people in general, breaking their vows and contributing to people’s gradual pauperization.
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