Preparing for weekend protests - Nov 8

This was taken near my office Friday, and today most buildings are boarded up like this on the bottom floor. Wednesday and Thursday of the previous week protesters started protesting around Costanera Centre, about a km away from here, which resulted in a number of businesses being vandalized and looted. Besides Friday night, things were fairly quiet in Santiago at least for the rest of the weekend, and there did not look like there were any problems around my office building on the weekend.

Now in Chile: Social Unrest!

November 11th 2019
So how to explain the last few weeks…and you may not be aware, but starting October 18th, Chile saw the beginnings of a massive social movement against the current state of the social system. And I don’t want to be flippant with this situation, as what people here are fighting for, is important, and the situation is complex. Now, not that I was predicting this would happen, but in hinds ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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