SANTIAGO - Chilean officials shut down the metro system in Santiago on Friday after demonstrators protesting recent fare hikes took to the streets and attacked subway stops, leaving widespread damage across the capital city of nearly 6 million people.
Thousands more joined after nightfall, clanging pots and blocking traffic in the normally subdued South American capital. High school and university students began the protest after the government hiked fares on Oct. 6 by as much as $1.17 for a peak metro ride, blaming higher energy costs and a weaker peso.
The protests turned increasingly violent on Friday afternoon, however, and by early Friday evening, officials had closed down all of the city’s 136 metro stations, which connect more than 87 miles of track.
That's dangerous lmao gotta be kidding me. Wasnt like he was throwing a big bang attack or a kamehameha wave...
This is video from Chile today, where the right-wing regime imposed a state of emergency and deployed huge armored vehicles and soldiers to repress anti-austerity protesters This is a close US ally. But it's not Venezuela so you likely won't hear about it
REUTERS, PLS RESEARCH AND THEN REPORT ON GREENNH3 ZERO CARBON FUEL IS BEING SILENCED BY TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT IN CANADA. SOLUTIONS TO WORLD CLIMATE CRISIS
Sucked in to Enel. The PEOPLE make the country work and go around. Increases wages 20% if you want to increase costs 20%
This is what happens when the rich take resources from the people to line their pockets
So when are you going to show the police brutality? Policemen in all their attire hitting and shooting civilians
So Bizarre. I know, we students want to protest rising metro fares, ok why don’t we set fire to and or damage all the metro stations. That sounds great. After the metro repairs everything, fares increase to pay for the cost of the repairs. Peaceful protest is better.
Military force in the streets. Just like with Pinochet
Not true. The violence started way after the shut down of the metro. It was only people entering the metro without paying, all peaceful and needed. The disaster came after the government threatened with repression and police shot and hurt children. Do your research.
What we are seeing globally is a common theme. The cost of living has far outpaced the peoples ability to live. That is the price to globalization. Here in the US the people stand behind Trump. He did what he said he was going to do. One of the most important things is to bring
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