As suggested in my morning note, despite having a permit, the march was not allowed to go through. Instead, a large barrier was placed between the objective, Los Proceres, and the marchers. A number of opposition leaders negotiated with the military authorities that a commitee would be allowed to go forward to Los Proceres to present a floral arrangement to the Los Proceres monument. As they were going through, and supposedly because the National Guard believed more people might go through, the march was gassed with tear gas. The march was absolutely peaceful and everyone was gassed withouyt discrimination. The tragicomic note of the day was provided by the large number of women (see below) who brought panties and hung them in the barbed wire, some of them signed or threw them at the guardsmen. The symbolism is that the military are cowards. People also brought corn and threw it at the Guardsmen, as if feeding “chickens”.
Panties on barbed wire Barbed wire and panties blocking the way, note people protecting themselves from the tear gas
(More new photos in the Pictures section on your left)
The Devil's Excrement 
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