Friday Night Marchas

One of the many marcha posters passed around via social media, this one for last Friday's (Nov 8) rally at Plaza Italia in centro. The dog pictured came to fame as he was present at many of the initial protests and would growl at police. Plaza Italia is the focal point of the protests, with people renaming it "Plaza de la dignidad", and was also the location for the largest rally thus far, 1.2 million people on October 25th.

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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