Caravans against coronavirus restrictions spread around the world

The protest led by truckers Canadians against anticovid measures, convened under the name of “freedom covoy”inspired similar movements in Europe and New Zealand.

Canada’s “Freedom Convoy”

The Canadian “Freedom Convoy” began in late January in the west of the country, following the anger of truckers who had to be vaccinated against the covid-19, be tested or isolate to cross the border between the United States and Canada.

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A vast majority of the country’s truckers are vaccinated, but a group of angry anti-vaccine and like-minded truckers blocked off the center of the Canadian capital, Ottawa, with a loud and at times agitated protest.

The movement became a much broader protest in against of health regulations against the pandemic and against the Trudeau government.

Hundreds of vehicles are still parked on Parliament Hill, below Trudeau’s offices.

Over the past week, protesters have blocked three major border crossings with the United States, including the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, used daily by more than 40,000 travelers, and trucks carrying merchandise valued at an average of $323 million.

But on Saturday, police began evacuating the bridge following an order issued by the Ontario Superior Court. Meanwhile, thousands of people are expected in Ottawa for a big demonstration.

The bridge closure has caused disruption to the auto industry on both sides of the border.

The province of Ontario, epicenter of the protests, declared a state of emergency on Friday and Trudeau pointed out that “everything is on the table because this illegal activity must be stopped.”

The US Department of Homeland Security asked Canada to use “federal powers” to remedy the situation.

New Zealand follows

In New Zealand, activists have been camping out in Wellington’s Parliament Gardens for four days.

The protests led to clashes with the police, who made more than 120 arrests.

The number of protesters rose to almost 1,500 on Friday, as officers reduced their efforts to disperse the protests.

A woman dances next to a sign reading ‘2G NO’ with a Dutch flag reading ‘Freedom for our children’ as some 20 trucks blocked the entrance to government buildings in The Hague, the Netherlands to protest against COVID- 19. (Photo: AP/Peter Dejong) (Peter Dejong/)

France: protests spread across Europe

Thousands of vehicles poured into Paris on Friday from across France, with many participants hoping to blockade the capital to protest. against vaccination rules anticovid and others restrictions sanitary.

On Saturday, a part managed to reach the Champs Elysées, in the center of the capital. The police fired tear gas and issued hundreds of tickets to disperse them.

Two months before the presidential elections, many supporters of this movement claim responsibility for the “yellow vests”, the popular mobilization that shook France between 2018 and 2019, triggered by the rise in the price of gasoline and which turned into a revolt against President Emmanuel Macron.

Belgium

Belgian authorities said they would ban convoys due to converge on Brussels on Monday, following a call to protest circulating on social media.

Netherlands

On Saturday, opponents of the restrictions Sanitary police came in trucks from all over the country to The Hague and blocked the city center for several hours.

The organizers called for an end to the restrictions sanitary.

Austria

Austrian police banned any “Freedom Convoy” after reports that several hundred vehicles were to converge on Vienna.

U.S

US advocates for the Canadian protesters took to social media to announce the “People’s Convoy” of truckers and “all freedom-loving Americans” to gather in East Los Angeles on March 4, before launching into highways, possibly to Washington.

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Source: Elcomercio