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San Salvador, Sep 1 (EFE).- Hundreds of young Salvadorans protested on Wednesday against the implementation of bitcoin as an exchange currency and denounced political persecution against critics of the Government in San Salvador. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS). SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST BITCOIN AND POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR .
San José, Oct 27 (EFE).- Two activists are on hunger strike and chained to the bars surrounding Costa Rica’s presidential house to demand that the country's leader Carlos Alvarado repeal a new law that revives the practice of sea trawling.The two activists, who identified themselves only as Ana María and Melissa, told EFE that they had been chained up since Friday and that their hunger strike will continue until the president vetoes the law and "fulfills his campaign commitment" not to support it. (Camera: DOUGLAS MARIN). SHOT LIST: TWO ACTIVISTS ON HUNGER STRIKE TO DEMAND THAT COSTA RICA'S GOVERNMENT REPEAL A NEW LAW THAT REVIVES THE PRACTICE OF SEA TRAWLING, NEXT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL HOUSE IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA .SOUND BITES: ANA MARIA, ACTIVIST (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: Trawling is totally unsustainable from an environmental point of view and it even establishes an extractivist model in the country. We are supposed to have a sustainable development model and trawling would go against this. It would also have a great impact on coastal populations and artisanal fishermen. (00:24-00:49).
President Donald Trump let fly against demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday evening, who were protesting against the perceived racism of Columbus Day. Crowds dispersed on Sunday evening after police designated the gathering as a riot and appeared to make several arrests. According to Business Insider, Trump doubled down on his 'law and order' campaign rhetoric Monday morning. Referring to protesters as 'animals,' Trump retweeted a video of the protests, in which statues of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were toppled. He also got a jab in at the Great State of California, tweeting that it was 'going to hell' and exhorted, 'Vote Trump!'
Asunción, Jul 29 (EFE) .- Members of some 50 associations from the Paraguayan tourism sector gathered Wednesday in the center of Asunción to demand the approval in Congress of an emergency-law.(CAMERA: Noelia F. Aceituno)
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called for the law and order 'to be restored' during his rally in Ziegler Building in the Milwaukee suburb of West Bend, Tuesday following protests over the police killing of Sylville Smith in the Wisconsin city.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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