News

Chileans take to the streets to mark 3rd anniversary of upheaval | Protests News


The celebration of the 2019 social movement comes weeks after Chileans rejected the new constitution that emerged from protests.

Hundreds of Chileans took to the streets in the capital to mark the third anniversary of the social uprising, prompting the South American nation to draft a new constitution. rejected by voters last month.

The protesters, many of them young students, wore goggles and masks to protect against tear gas on Tuesday. They blocked traffic on Santiago’s central Alameda boulevard, erected burning fences and blocked entrances to several metro stations.

Police deployed 25,000 police officers and used water cannons to disperse the protesters. Many shops close early, or do not open at all, while schools send students home early.

“We got nothing” in the three years since movement beginsAndrea Valdebenito, a 43-year-old social worker, was among those gathered.

The third anniversary of the social uprising comes after 62 percent of Chile’s voters in early September reject a new constitutionhas been drafted by the majority left wing constituents.

Street with obstacles lying on the ground in flames
Protesters set up barricades during the demonstration [Martin Bernetti/AFP]

Chilean majority in October 2020 vote for a new constitution to replace the one dating back to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

The impulse a new magna carta emerged during the social protests of 2019, which saw millions of Chileans take to the streets to demand better healthcare, education, pensions, housing and other services.

More than two dozen people were killed and more than 400 others eye injurywhile more than 3,100 Complaints about human rights violations by the police was reported.

From Chile President Gabriel BoricA former student leader who supported the 2019 protests and the constitution-writing process on Tuesday called for a new social dialogue to shape the reforms needed.

“It [the 2019 protest movement] Boric said in recorded comments.

President, who took office in March His promise to turn the deeply unequal country into a greener, more equal “welfare country,” has seen his approval rate drop in recent weeks.

He shuffle his locker less than 48 hours after Chileans rejected the new constitution, describing the referendum result as “one of the most difficult politically” facing the young leader.

But on Tuesday, Boric promised not to let 2019 protesters’ demands go unnoticed.

“Social unrest represents – and brings – a great deal of pain and has had enormous consequences,” he said. “We won’t allow it to be in vain, we can’t go through the same thing as the guild in the future, can’t make the same mistakes.”

news7h

News7h: Update the world's latest breaking news online of the day, breaking news, politics, society today, international mainstream news .Updated news 24/7: Entertainment, Sports...at the World everyday world. Hot news, images, video clips that are updated quickly and reliably

Related Articles

Back to top button