Chile Protests
Throughout October the Chilean people have been protesting against a rise in transport fares, high living costs, and inequality in the country.
On October 1, 2019, the Panel of Public Transport Experts decided to raise fare prices to CLP$10 for buses and CLP$30 for the Santiago Metro and Metrotén at peak hours with a fare decrease of CLP$30 at off-peak hours; scheduled to begin on October 6(cooperativa.cl).
According to La Tercera, the protests began on October 7 as a fare-dodging campaign organized by students. The Metro began controlling access to stations, but the fare-dodging continued on with the slogan ¡Evade!, and grew into more violent forms of protests such as breaking gates, shattering glass, and setting fires.
One notable and outrageous event occurred last Friday; during all the destruction caused by the protests, tear gas, and rubber bullets, a Tweet surfaced showing President Piñera attending a grandson's birthday party at a pizza parlor.
This is merely a small segment of what's going on. The people of Chile--and in the rest of the world-- are still fighting. Unfortunately, however, inequality is still rampant.
According to La Tercera, the protests began on October 7 as a fare-dodging campaign organized by students. The Metro began controlling access to stations, but the fare-dodging continued on with the slogan ¡Evade!, and grew into more violent forms of protests such as breaking gates, shattering glass, and setting fires.
One notable and outrageous event occurred last Friday; during all the destruction caused by the protests, tear gas, and rubber bullets, a Tweet surfaced showing President Piñera attending a grandson's birthday party at a pizza parlor.
Mientras la gente está en la calle, @sebastianpinera figura tranquilamente comiendo en un restaurant en la República independiente de Vitacura. #EvadirEsLuchar #EvasionMasiva #despiertachile pic.twitter.com/RWYsJCOEUZ— Claudio Inostroza (@ClaudioInostr20) October 18, 2019
This is merely a small segment of what's going on. The people of Chile--and in the rest of the world-- are still fighting. Unfortunately, however, inequality is still rampant.
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