Chile: Over 320 Student Protesters Arrested Amid Police Repression
Yesterday a march of Chilean students protesting against the latest education policies of President Sebastián Piñera turned violent when riot police intervened. Official reports stated, 324 students were arrested and at least 74 injured, including 24 policemen and 50 youths.Before the conflict occurred, students marched peacefully through the main streets of the Chilean capital to demand free public education in protest against Piñera’s intention to fully privatise the university sector.According to official reports, there were 214 arrests and 17 police officers injured in Santiago, while the other arrests occurred in various cities across the country. Local media has reported of violent police repression during student protests throughout the country.Later in the day the most serious incident broke out, close to Santiago’s Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho, when a group of masked men split from the main body of marching students and started throwing stones and petrol bombs at the police. Continue reading →
[ed notes:the repression against protestors in Chile falls under us gov responsibility(as it does in Colombia,Mexico,Guatemala etc..) Grant military and police aid to Chile, All Programs, 2009-2014 http://justf.org/Country?country=Chile its us gov funding and training their militaries and national police forces!!!