{"id":1551615,"date":"2022-07-13T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551615"},"modified":"2022-07-13T07:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T11:04:46","slug":"economic-protests-break-out-worldwide-amid-mounting-challenges-from-inflation-ukraine-war-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economic-protests-break-out-worldwide-amid-mounting-challenges-from-inflation-ukraine-war-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Protests Break Out Worldwide Amid Mounting Challenges From Inflation, Ukraine War, Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feconomic-protests-break-out-worldwide-amid-mounting-challenges-from-inflation-ukraine-war-coronavirus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Economic protests are growing in frequency around the world as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/global-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">challenges brought on by soaring inflation<\/a>, the coronavirus and the war in Ukraine are\u00a0causing tensions to boil over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The demonstrations \u2013 which reportedly have been met with violence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">countries like China<\/a> \u2013 are unfolding across multiple countries in places including the Netherlands, Argentina, Sri Lanka and Albania.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The resignation of the economy minister showed there is an economic and financial collapse that is affecting the lives of workers, of the whole the population,&#8221; Workers&#8217; Party member Marcelo Ramal told Reuters from Argentina, where inflation is currently running at more than 60%. &#8220;We must consider that this year we&#8217;ll have around 80% to 90% inflation with wages that aren&#8217;t rising as fast.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grim economic conditions brewing in the third most populous South American country have prompted angry residents to march to the gates of Argentine President Alberto Fernandez\u2019s palace, prompting the embattled leader to declare this past weekend that &#8220;we must walk the path towards fiscal balance and stabilize the currency.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/chinese-cops-beat-protesters-outraged-having-bank-accounts-frozen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CHINESE COPS \u2018BEAT\u2019 PROTESTERS OUTRAGED AT HAVING BANK ACCOUNTS FROZEN<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/Netherlands-protests.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Farmers gather with their vehicles next to a Germany\/Netherlands border sign during a protest on the A1 highway, near Rijssen, on June 29, against the Dutch government&#039;s nitrogen plans.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Farmers gather with their vehicles next to a Germany\/Netherlands border sign during a protest on the A1 highway, near Rijssen, on June 29, against the Dutch government&#8217;s nitrogen plans.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Vincent Jannink\/ANP\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Across the Atlantic, in the Netherlands, farmers have been wreaking havoc after forming their own version of Canada\u2019s &#8220;Freedom Convoy,&#8221; blocking highways with tractors, setting bales of hay on fire and taking other actions to protest the government\u2019s recent goal to cut emissions that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/agriculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">force some farms to shutter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch government is aiming to cut nitrogen and ammonia emissions by 50% by 2030 in a bid to improve air, land and water quality. The plans include cutting back on fertilizer used on farms and ratcheting back the number of livestock by an estimated 30%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the farmers fear the measures will hurt their livelihoods and used their tractors and trucks to block supermarket distribution centers, leading briefly to some shortages of fresh produce.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/Netherlands-protests-2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Farmers, on July 4, take part in a blockade of the A67 near Eindhoven to protest against government plans that may require them to use less fertilizer and reduce livestock.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Farmers, on July 4, take part in a blockade of the A67 near Eindhoven to protest against government plans that may require them to use less fertilizer and reduce livestock.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Rob Engelaar\/ANP\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Farmers also clashed with police outside the home of the minister in charge of the government&#8217;s nitrogen policies. An officer opened fire on a tractor driven by a 16-year-old. After initially being held on suspicion of attempted manslaughter, the young driver was released without charge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Albania last week, thousands of opposition supporters held a peaceful protest in the capital Tirana, urging the center-left government to resign because of the cost-of-living crisis and alleged corruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Albania has seen a hike in the prices of basic food products and fuel linked to the war in Ukraine and the lasting impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/Argentina-protest.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Opponents of the government of Argentina&#039;s President Alberto Fernandez hold a protest outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on July 9.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Opponents of the government of Argentina&#8217;s President Alberto Fernandez hold a protest outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, on July 9.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Luis Robayo\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/dutch-farmers-form-freedom-convoys-protest-governments-strict-environmental-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DUTCH FARMERS FORM \u2018FREEDOM CONVOYS\u2019 TO PROTEST GOVERNMENT\u2019S STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL RULES<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the southeast Asian country of Sri Lanka, protesters are vowing to occupy the country\u2019s presidential palace and prime minister\u2019s home until they are removed from power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/Sri-Lanka-protest-2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Army officers stand guard as people throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 11.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Army officers stand guard as people throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 11.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Rafiq Maqbool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Facing severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine, demonstrators on Saturday stormed embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s home, his seaside office and the official residence of his prime minister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both officials said they would concede to demands that they resign. For days, people have flocked to the presidential palace turning it into almost a tourist attraction \u2014 swimming in the pool, marveling at the paintings and lounging on the beds piled high with pillows. At one point, they also burned the prime minister&#8217;s private home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/Sri-Lanka-protest.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Protesters swim as onlookers wait at a swimming pool in president&#039;s official residence a day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 10.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Protesters swim as onlookers wait at a swimming pool in president&#8217;s official residence a day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 10.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In China, police &#8220;beat&#8221; citizens who gathered to protest against having their bank accounts frozen due to COVID-19 policies on Sunday, according to protesters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protests centered on three banks serving primarily rural communities that have frozen millions of dollars in accounts since April. Roughly 1,000 protesters gathered to call for the release of their funds outside the Zhengzhou branch of the Chinese Central Bank, but they say they were met with violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/AP22191516926569.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"People hold banners and chant slogans during a protest at the entrance to a branch of China&#039;s central bank in Zhengzhou on Sunday, July 10. A large crowd of angry Chinese bank depositors faced off with police, some reportedly injured as they were roughly taken away, in a case that has drawn attention because of earlier attempts to use a COVID-19 tracking app to prevent them from mobilizing. (AP Photo\/Yang)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      People hold banners and chant slogans during a protest at the entrance to a branch of China&#8217;s central bank in Zhengzhou on Sunday, July 10. A large crowd of angry Chinese bank depositors faced off with police, some reportedly injured as they were roughly taken away, in a case that has drawn attention because of earlier attempts to use a COVID-19 tracking app to prevent them from mobilizing. (AP Photo\/Yang)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is being protested&#8230; are draconian regulations that are crushing agriculture and energy sectors in the name of extremist climate policies,&#8221; Victoria Coates, a former Deputy National Security Advisor during the Trump Administration, told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Now we hear Colombia and even Canada may follow suit. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Biden Administration continues with its current policies,&#8221; she added, &#8220;I worry America may not be far behind.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Emma Colton, Anders Hagstrom and the Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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