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Added on the 17/02/2023 13:05:01 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Hundreds of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gather in Caracas for a pro-government rally, responding to the president's call to compete with the opposition's rallies in the capital. Eleven civilians reportedly have died and more than 1,000 have been detained in the protests that erupted after the country's CNE election authority, loyal to Maduro, proclaimed him the winner with 52 percent of the vote to 43 percent for opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. IMAGES
"Europe has seen frontal attacks on the right to abortion," says Daniele Gaudry, a gynaecologist and family planning activist, at a pro-abortion demonstration attended by several dozen activists on the Place de la Sorbonne in Paris, just as the Senate was preparing to vote on enshrining abortion in the Constitution. IMAGES
Colombian government supporters and police clash outside the Supreme Court headquarters in Bogota during a protest called by President Gustavo Petro to demand the designation of a new attorney general. IMAGES
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez swears in his new but largely unchanged cabinet. Despite having vowed to slim down his cabinet, the 51-year-old kept the number of ministerial posts at 22. IMAGES
Pro-government demonstrators gather for a rally in Israel's Tel Aviv in support of the judicial overhaul. The reforms sparked mass protests and a general strike in the country's most severe domestic crisis in years. IMAGES
People in Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo hold a pro-democracy rally, after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital Brasilia. IMAGES