Several hundreds of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain on Tuesday (May 19) to protest against the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Footage shows protesters carrying Spanish flags and banging pots and pans.

The protesters, many flouting social distancing orders, also chanted slogans such as "Government resigns" and "Sanchez in prison."

Several hundred people have cut Madrid's central Paseo de la Habana to hold a pan against the Pedro Sánchez government. Many of the protesters wore masks and some even gloves, but given the crowds, it was impossible to respect the social distance recommended by the Ministry of Health to avoid the spread of the pandemic.


Raising Spanish flags and saucepans have chanted cries like "Government resign!", "Freedom!" or "Sánchez a prison", along with other isolated "We are Spanish, not Venezuelans." Six vans from the National Police Corps have come to the scene and have been dedicated to circling the road, trying without success to disperse the concentrates. Although several officers have alighted from the vehicles, at no time have they charged or attempted to dissolve the protesters.