Tag: #Santiago
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Chile announces $20 bn injection to stop peso slide
Santiago, Nov 29 (AFP/APP): Chile’s central bank announced Thursday a $20 billion injection into the economy aimed at curbing the plummeting value of the peso. The economy has been battered by the country’s worst social unrest in three decades, as well as a fall in the price of copper, of which Chile is the world’s…
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‘Serious’ rights violations during Chile protests: Human Rights Watch
Santiago, Nov 27 (AFP/APP): Chile’s national police committed “serious human rights violations” as weeks of violent demonstrations across the South American country claimed 25 lives, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in a report calling for reform of the force. HRW said the police, known as Carabineros, “committed serious human rights violations, including excessive use of…
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Chile’s president says police may have violated protocols
Santiago, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Thursday that police may have broken protocols in responding to a month of protests, and prosecutors will investigate whether they violated human rights. His comments came after Amnesty International released a report denouncing a “deliberate policy” of wounding protesters during the unrest that broke out…
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Chile’s president condemns police violence after four weeks of unrest
Santiago, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): President Sebastian Pinera condemned on Sunday for the first time what he called abuses committed by police in dealing with four weeks of violent unrest that have rocked Chile. “There was excessive use of force. Abuses and crimes were committed, and the rights of all were not respected,” the president said…
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Chileans to vote on new constitution in response to protests
Santiago, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Chile said Friday it will hold a referendum to replace the country’s dictatorship-era constitution — a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of violent civil unrest. The announcement sent the stock market soaring over eight percent — the biggest daily rise in a decade — and sparked a recovery…
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Chile president fends off police abuse claims
Santiago, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): Chile’s president said Wednesday his government had “nothing to hide” concerning allegations that police killed, tortured and sexually assaulted civilians during deadly protests against him. Prosecutors say five of the 20 deaths recorded in the protests against high living costs were suspected to have been at the hands of security forces.…
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Strong 6.0 earthquake strikes Chile
Santiago, Nov 5 (AFP/APP): A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook Chile on Monday, rattling buildings in the capital while a big anti-government demonstration was underway. The quake struck at 6:53 pm (2153 GMT) with its epicenter near the northern town of Illapel, the US Geological Survey said. A strong and prolonged shaking was felt in the…
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Thousands protest to maintain pressure on Chile government
Santiago, Nov 2 (AFP/APP): Dressed in black, marching silently and raising one fist, around a thousand women on Friday demanded justice for those killed and injured during the last two weeks of social unrest in Chile. Their march started off a day of demonstrations on a long weekend in the country, expanding later as tens…
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20 dead, 473 injured in Chile protests
SANTIAGO, Oct 30 (XINHUA/APP):At least 20 people died and 473 others were injured in Chile’s protests from Oct. 19 to 27 during state of emergency, the interior ministry said Tuesday. The ministry added that hundreds of police officers and members of the armed forces were also injured. Authorities recorded 1,227 serious incidents during the protests,…
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Chile president lifts state of emergency, protests continue
Santiago, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday ended a state of emergency that lasted more than a week amid mass protests, but demonstrations continued nonetheless. The decision to lift the decree at midnight, just two days after more than a million people took to the country’s streets demanding economic and political change,…