On Sunday, the largest number of protesters ever in Santiago, Chile turned out for the International Women’s Day march! The march is called “8M” in Chile, for 8th of March. The carabineros (police) admit there were 150,000 people downtown. Funny thing is, the organizers estimated 2 million people. Something doesn’t quite add up. Even the […]
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Chileans know how to protest. They show up en masse and beat pots and pans, cacerolazo is their name for it. This month they’ve returned to the streets as they did in the days of Dictator Pinochet. Chilean protests are very lively and incarnate the democratic core of the country. What happened? Why are there […]
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