Americas
In many countries in the Americas, including Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru, trade unionists and workers experienced violent attacks. In Honduras, it remained very difficult for workers to organise, as they faced intimidation and union-busting practices. In Ecuador, peaceful mass protests were met with police brutality, leaving many injured or killed. Haiti remained in acute political and institutional crisis, as the country was beset with violent civil unrest, and workers’ civil liberties and freedoms were severely curtailed.
In Peru, democratic protests against the parliamentary coup were heavily repressed by the police. In many countries in the Americas, trade unionists and workers experienced violent attacks. Credit: IndustriAll
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2023 ITUC GLOBAL RIGHTS INDEX
