Protests in Chile: the reactions of solidarity in Europe and Latin America to the demands of Chilean protesters
By: BBC News Mundo, October 27th, 2019
With flags, with banners, with pans.
Dozens of people in different parts of the world - not only in the capitals - have expressed their solidarity with the protests that have been repeated in Chile for a week
On Friday, more than 1.2 million people concentrated on Plaza Italia, a nerve center in Santiago, to demand reforms from Sebastián Piñera’s government and call for an end to the deep inequalities of Chilean society.
Convened in social networks as “the largest march in Chile”, it is estimated that Friday was the most massive since the return of democracy to Chile.
But in other cities in both Europe and Latin America the marches have also dyed colors and emotions over the weekend.
In BBC Mundo we show you how they have seen in some cities
Latin America was one of the first regions where the Chilean community took to the streets to join in solidarity with the demonstrations in Chile.
From Argentina to Caracas, dozens of Chileans asked for changes in their country to be palpable.
In many of the countries, the protests were organized in front of the embassies and consulates of Chile, but the protests not only took the capitals and streets of different cities filled with banners and social justice claims for Chile
In Europe
The Chilean community in several cities in Europe also met in solidarity with the thousands of people protesting in their home countries.
World Music Expo, Tempere, Finland
From Bristol to Amsterdam or Malaga the protests took several cities of the “Old Continent”.
“Chile may seem like a distant country, but today’s uprising is the result of decades of neoliberal policies that produce and reproduce outrageous inequality,” he said in a statement signed by Chilean students, academics and workers in Bristol, UK.
301/5000Protests began last week when the government announced an increase in the price of the subway ticket.
After declaring the state of emergency and curfew in several regions of the country, Piñera backed down and canceled this measure, decision, but that did not result in the end of the protests.
On Saturday, the Army announced that the curfew was lifted in the capital and other cities of the country.
Piñera also announced, during an address from Casa de la Moneda, that he had asked his ministers to make their “positions available.
The president will try to form a new government to placate the mass protests.
The riots have so far left 19 dead and hundreds injured.
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