Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets to demand the resignation of the ruling right-wing government as well as the immediate release of all protesters detained during the country's uprising, some of which have been in prison since October 2019.
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Dozens of protesters in the Lo Hermida borough of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, burning barricades and clashing with police who arrived in extremely militarized gear.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Young Combatant, placing barricades and setting fires across the area. Police responded with brutal repression but were pushed back by demonstrators after gassing a residential area.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pintana commune of Santiago gathered to protest on the Day of the Youth Combatant, placing barricades and burning a bus at the site.
Dozens of protesters in Talcahuano took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, burning barricades and blocking roads in honor of the two young activist brothers murdered by the Pinochet military dictatorship that ruled from 1973 until the 1990s.
Dozens of protesters in the San Joaquín neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, burning barricades and clashing with police in confrontations which ended with a bus being set on fire and burned.
Dozens of protesters in the Villa Francia area of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, in which 2 young activist brothers were murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship. Demonstrators placed barricades and clashed with law enforcement, throwing Molotov cocktails at water cannons and other militarized vehicles.
Dozens of protesters in the Santiago neighborhood of Puente Alto and the subdistrict of Bajos de Mena took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, placing and burning barricades and throwing Molotov cocktails at the 66th Police Station.
Dozens of protesters in the city of Antofagasta took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant in Chile, where 2 young activist brothers were murdered by the military dictatorship in the 1980s. Police responded with brutal repression, tear-gassing residential areas as protesters responded with Molotov cocktails.
Dozens of barricades went up at distinct points across Santiago on the Day of the Youth Combatant, in which 2 anti-government activists and brothers were murdered by the military dictatorship. Demonstrators set fires and blocked roads across the capital city in their honor.
Dozens of demonstrators in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago returned to the streets against the neoliberal police state in Chile, implemented and propped up by the right-wing president Sebastian Piñera. Police brutally cracked down on the protest, deploying water cannons and tear gas.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of president Sebastian Piñera, famous for exacerbating disastrous neoliberal policies in Chile. Demonstrators also called for the abolition of the country's national police force, the Carabineros, long marred by accusations of human rights abuses.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago returned to the streets against the neoliberal police state of Chile after brutal repression in a previous round of demonstrations. Police returned with water cannons and tear gas, gassing the residential neighborhood and its public spaces including a playground.
Hundreds of protesters in the Santiago district of Providencia gathered in opposition to SENAME, the Chilean national minors' service, widely despised for abuses towards children left in their custody, as 1,313 people had died in their custody between 2005 and 2016. Police attacked the demonstration, deploying water cannons and tear gas.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago took to the streets in solidarity with detained demonstrators and to commemorate 1 month and 5 years of the beginning of Chile's uprising against neoliberalism and inequality on the 18th of October in 2019. Police brutally cracked down on the demonstration, sending dozens of officers, water cannons, and tanks against the crowd.