The Chilean government declared a curfew Saturday in the capital after protests against public transport fare hikes led to looting and arson attacks that paralyzed this city of 7 million.
President Sebastian Piñera declared a state of emergency on Saturday, a move that granted the Army control of security and the power to restrict free assembly. Preceding the announcement was a tumultuous day in which more than 100 Chilean soldiers were deployed across the iconic Plaza Baquedano, traditional site for Chileans to celebrate sporting triumphs.Gen. Augusto PinochetThe protests began this week as a social media campaign by middle school students who called on commuters to jump subway turnstiles in rejection of the transit fare hikes, announced on Oct. 6. The protests soon accelerated.
On Friday, however, managers of Santiago’s subway network — reacting to protests and violence — suspended service system-wide for the first time since the metro’s creation 44 years ago. On Saturday, looters also sacked supermarkets in the capital.
Now they have to raise the fare by 10¢ to pay for new trains. But surely the people will understand.
HK style of protests have spreaded to Democratic countries such as Spain Chile UK US. HK gov needs to learn how Western Democratic countries handle protests
public transport fare increases. Now that was stupid.
You need to do a better journalism... because it’s NOT about the subway fare...
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