Mass social protests against inequality, injustice and state repression, continue to erupt in Chile weeks after an uprising was sparked by a hike in Metro fares in Santiago.
The rotten right-wing regime of president Piñera initially deployed armed police and the army under a state of emergency – redolent of the dark days of the Pinochet dictatorship – but with little effect, and massive protests are continuing.
- Read eyewitness reports and analysis by the Socialist Party’s sister organisation in Chile, Socialismo Revolucionario, on socialistworld.net