Chile In Turmoil

punkmar77 · Aug 30, 2011

^We should be prepared to work with them on situations such as these, however they will never be trusted again.....ever.^

THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 1, 2011

Chilean officer gets military justice in killing

Chilean officer gets military justice in killing

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Chile AP-Wednesday August 31, 2011

A police sergeant accused of killing a teenager during Chile's social protests will face military justice despite objections Wednesday from student leaders and human rights advocates.

Chile's interior minister, meanwhile, survived an effort in Congress to unseat him Wednesday as the ultimate authority responsible for the killing. The case has already led to the removal of nine police officials, including a general and a colonel.

Opposition lawmakers accused Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter of encouraging a heavy-handed police response to mass marches, but their efforts to sanction him failed by a vote of 49-58. Hinzpeter later dismissed his antagonists as "political opportunists."

Police initially denied having anything to do with the death of Manuel Gutierrez, who was shot in the chest early Friday. He died while hooded protesters confronted police in the early morning darkness in southwest Santiago, but witnesses said Gutierrez was only observing from some distance away.

A police captain later said Sgt. Mario Millacura had fired his submachine gun in the same general area, and then replaced the bullets in an attempt to cover it up. Millacura was removed from his job and detained. His bosses then lost their jobs as well.

Under Chilean law, Millacura will be judged by the military because he allegedly fired the shots while in uniform. But Lorena Fries, who directs the Chilean government's Human Rights Institute, said the military system lacks transparency and "doesn't guarantee justice for the family of Manuel Gutierrez."

Meanwhile, university student leader Camila Vallejo was flown to Brasilia by student groups marching in the Brazilian capital, and led a demonstration Wednesday calling for vast increases in education spending there.

"In Chile we have the same demands that you do in Brazil, only that there we suffer repression when we express ourselves," Vallejo said, referring to the police response to three months of increasingly crowded demonstrations in Chile.

Vallejo flew to Brazil after Chilean President Sebastian Pinera delayed until Saturday a pivotal meeting to seek common ground between the students' demands and the government's proposals.

http://www.necn.com/08/31/11/Chilean-of ... a335c5c4b9

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 1, 2011

Piñera to address Chilean students’ demands on Saturday in Government House

Piñera to address Chilean students’ demands on Saturday in Government House

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mercopress-Sep. 1, 2011

After much deliberation, Chilean Education Minister Felipe Bulnes agreed to meet with student leaders this Saturday, Sept. 3, to discuss their demands. The meeting is to take place in the La Moneda presidential palace, and will be hosted by President Sebastián Piñera himself.

Student leaders had already agreed to meet with the government for roundtable discussions after a brief meeting between both parties last Sunday, but until Bulnes’ announcement, no date had been set in stone.

The meeting will mark an important milestone in the student movement, which has made use of a variety of measures to get the government’s attention. Protests have ranged from mass demonstrations to education-themed flash mobs and kiss-a-thons – one of which is currently scheduled for Thursday.

“This dialogue is a step towards building trust and normalizing the country” said Senate President Guido Girardi “The school takeovers and demonstrations have to end”.

At the meeting, Piñera is expected to tackle a list of 12 points presented by student leaders of the Chilean Student Confederation (Confech) on Aug. 23.

The demands include guaranteeing free education as a constitutional right and improving access to education for low income applicants in the form of grants and scholarships, as well as greater recognition for indigenous student rights and ending municipal oversight of low-performing schools.

The document additionally calls for an end to for-profit educational institutions, a point that ties in to the demand of eliminating the role of private banks in financing tuition loans.

Of the items on the list, the demand to guarantee free education as a right has been deemed to lack any common ground between either party. The same can be said about the end to profiteering in schools.

Technically, earning profit from owning and managing schools is illegal under the Chilean Constitution. The existence of numerous private institutions throughout Chile bears testament to the way this norm has been overlooked.

The awkward legal contradiction has been the reason behind a bill recently introduced by the Piñera administration, which proposes to legalize education as a commodity legitimately bought and sold. For this reason, student leaders have called on the government to freeze deliberations on any bills throughout discussions.

According to El Mercurio, Piñera asked members of his conservative coalition to vote against any bills that call for an end to profit in education.

“While there seems to be a genuine will on behalf of both parties to resolve both conflicts, there are certain visions that are going to make the resolution more difficult,” Andrea Rodriguez, education professor at the Universidad de Santiago, told The Santiago Times on Tuesday. “On behalf of the government, there seems to be more of a focus on short-term conflict resolution.”

According to Rodriguez, this conflicts with the students’ demands that are focused on deeper, long-term changes.

Rodriguez’s assessment is in line with a comment made by Confech spokesperson Camila Vallejo to Chilean daily El Mostrador in mid-August, in which she says that improving the education system is not the objective of the student movement. “We need a new system altogether.”

http://en.mercopress.com/2011/09/01/pin ... ment-house

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 1, 2011

Chilean students occupy ministry bldg.

Chilean students occupy ministry bldg.

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presstv.com-Sep. 1, 2011

Chile's Education Ministry building, in the capital of Santiago, has been occupied by some 50 students for several hours, before they were forced out by police.

The students demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter after the police killed a 16-year old student protester last week, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

While no injuries were reported, several windows in the building had been smashed by the students.

Meanwhile, the students also expressed their dissatisfaction with a planned dialogue between officials of the government of President Sebastian Pinera and leaders of Confederation of Students of Chile (CONFECH) on Saturday.

“The CONFECH is led by political parties and intends to settle the conflict by shaking hands with politicians, while schools that are mobilized on the periphery do not have any say in the decisions,” said a spokeswoman for the occupation group.

The planned dialogue was announced by Pinera a day after the 16-year old student had been shot.

Hundreds of thousands of students across the country have engaged in more than three months of demonstrations against the Pinera's government.

The students have demanded more affordable and better state education.

Many of the rallies turned violent as riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the student protesters.

UNICEF's representative to Chile, Gary Stahl, has agreed with the students and has called on the government to “give its citizens more.”

“Chile has one of the most segmented education systems in Latin America, and indeed one of the most segmented in the world,” he said.

The Chilean government, however, has dismissed the massive student protests across the country.

"We all want education, healthcare, and many more things for free, but I want to remind them that nothing is free in this life. Someone has to pay," Pinera said.

The growing Chilean protests have become the country's largest mass movement since democracy was reestablished in the South American state in 1991.

http://presstv.com/detail/196820.html

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butcher · Sep 1, 2011

For anyone in Melbourne Sat week:

THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 2, 2011

Chilean students in kissing protest

Chilean students in kissing protest

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More than 100 students have held a kiss-in in a central plaza of the Chilean capital as part of a peaceful protest demanding education reforms.

Pairs of college and high school students locked lips in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral on Thursday while passers-by stopped to watch. Some onlookers applauded.

The kiss-in marked a humorous break from mass student and teacher protests that have at times sparked violence and police crackdowns.

Protesters plan more large-scale protests next week.

The students are demanding higher quality and more equitable education. They have also occupied schools, staged choreographed dances and carried giant balls through town to get their message heard.

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 2, 2011

Chile school children clash with police in education protest

Chile school children clash with police in education protest

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telegraph uk-Sep. 2, 2011

Hundreds of secondary school students took the streets of Chile saying they have been left off the agenda during three months of demonstrations demanding free education.

The social unrest which has battered the government of President Sebastian Pinera has been led mostly by university students and unions.

Police handling of the disturbances has been harshly criticised after a 16-year-old teenager was killed in riots last month.

Anti-riot forces responded as usual to the march in downtown Santiago, firing water and tear gas at the teenagers.

Several people were also arrested. Police did not release the numbers of those detained.

Pinera is to meet with university student leaders this Saturday but no secondary schoolers have been invited to the negotiation table, provoking the ire of Aces, the Chilean secondary students association, which organised the march.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... otest.html

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 3, 2011

(A) Solidarity w/ the Uprising in Chile!

(A) Solidarity w/ the Uprising in Chile!

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Friday September 9, 2011: 4 p.m. Consulate General of Chile: 870 Market Street, San Francisco

This is a call-out for an autonomous, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist picket/vigil in solidarity with the Chilean uprising.

On August 25th a 16 year old student, Manuel Gutiérrez Reinoso was killed by police at a protest against the government in Santiago, Chile. Over 1,200 protesters have been jailed in the last 3 months. What started out as student protests over privatization of education has now broadened to a larger social movement including organized mine workers and anarchists.

Like most social movements, this one also has its contradictory aspects; there is a young person (member of the Chilean CP) who's become a media celebrity. Yet there are may examples of horizontal, autonomous forces as well; Chilean anarquistas, although small in numbers, are strongly involved and there have been many clashes in the streets against the police.

Friday, September the 9th, (the last day the consulate is open before Sept 11th, the day of the CIA/Chilean military coup in 1973), we will gather in front of the Chilean consulate, located in downtown SF.

We invite all those who are also interested in autonomous, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist organizing to bring banners, signs, candles, images, offerings for the altar, Chilean music, friends, family and comrades.

QUE VIVA EL MOVIMIENTO REBELDE EN CHILE!!!
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participating collectives:

Collective Reinventions
Voz de Lucha- Oakland
MAIZ- Movimiento de Accion Inspirando Servicio · San Jose

Lots of photographs of the protests in Chile here:

http://cryptome.org/info/chile-protest/ ... rotest.htm

http://cryptome.org/info/chile-protest2 ... otest2.htm

http://cryptome.org/info/chile-protest4 ... otest4.htm

SOURCE:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/0 ... 689208.php
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?st ... 2095456271
http://libcom.org/news/rebellion-chile-02092011

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butcher · Sep 3, 2011

Re: (A) Solidarity w/ the Uprising in Chile!

THEBLACKNOVA said:

(A) Solidarity w/ the Uprising in Chile!

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Friday September 9, 2011: 4 p.m. Consulate General of Chile: 870 Market Street, San Francisco

This is a call-out for an autonomous, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist picket/vigil in solidarity with the Chilean uprising.

On August 25th a 16 year old student, Manuel Gutiérrez Reinoso was killed by police at a protest against the government in Santiago, Chile. Over 1,200 protesters have been jailed in the last 3 months. What started out as student protests over privatization of education has now broadened to a larger social movement including organized mine workers and anarchists.

Like most social movements, this one also has its contradictory aspects; there is a young person (member of the Chilean CP) who's become a media celebrity. Yet there are may examples of horizontal, autonomous forces as well; Chilean anarquistas, although small in numbers, are strongly involved and there have been many clashes in the streets against the police.

Friday, September the 9th, (the last day the consulate is open before Sept 11th, the day of the CIA/Chilean military coup in 1973), we will gather in front of the Chilean consulate, located in downtown SF.

We invite all those who are also interested in autonomous, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist organizing to bring banners, signs, candles, images, offerings for the altar, Chilean music, friends, family and comrades.

QUE VIVA EL MOVIMIENTO REBELDE EN CHILE!!!
@-------,----------------,----------------------------------

participating collectives:

Collective Reinventions
Voz de Lucha- Oakland
MAIZ- Movimiento de Accion Inspirando Servicio · San Jose

Lots of photographs of the protests in Chile here:

http://cryptome.org/info/chile-protest/ ... rotest.htm

http://cryptome.org/info/chile-protest2 ... otest2.htm

http://cryptome.org/info/chile-protest4 ... otest4.htm

SOURCE:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/0 ... 689208.php
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?st ... 2095456271
http://libcom.org/news/rebellion-chile-02092011

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 3, 2011

Chile: Pinera, students decide to keep talking

Chile: Pinera, students decide to keep talking

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Sep. 3, 2011-Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's president has met with student, university and teachers' union leaders for nearly four hours behind closed doors in the government palace, and all those involved have decided to keep talking.

That's a big step forward for Chile, where students have boycotted classes and taken to the streets for more than three months.

President Sebastian Pinera led Saturday's meeting, which his education minister Felipe Bulnes called "very positive."

Both sides plan meetings Monday to organize more talks on education reform.

Student leader Camila Vallejo says she sees a great willingness to move forward on the part of the presidency.

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 5, 2011

Pinera Weighs Tax Changes in Chile Amid Student Protests

Pinera Weighs Tax Changes in Chile Amid Student Protests

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San Francisco Chronicle-September 4, 2011

(Updates with poll released today in seventh paragraph.)

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's President Sebastian Pinera is considering tax reforms as the world's top copper-producing nation looks to balance the need to fund increased spending on education and maintain a competitive investment climate.

"We are taking a look at the tax system," Pinera said in an interview last night with Chilevision. "It's an issue that's in analysis. It's not resolved."

Pinera has responded to months of student protests by proposing an extra $4 billion over the next four to six years on loans, grants and improved supervision, which Finance Minister Felipe Larrain said doesn't require tax increases. Student and teachers' unions say those measures don't go far enough and call for a greater role for the state.

Pinera, who introduced changes to mining royalties and imposed a temporary corporate tax increase to finance rebuilding work following an earthquake in March last year, said any further reform would have to consider the state of the global economy and the need to maintain Chile's investment competitiveness.

The Harvard University-trained economists and billionaire investor described as "reasonable" a call last month by Warren Buffett for taxes on the U.S.'s wealthiest individuals to be raised.

Popularity Slump

The protests and labor strikes have helped make Pinera the least popular president since Chile restored democracy two decades ago. His approval rating slumped to 26 percent in a poll last month by Santiago-based CEP, the lowest level of the five presidents since 1990.

According to a poll released today by research group Adimark GfK, Pinera's support was 27 percent in August, the lowest level in his 18 months in office. The poll of 1,112 people, with a margin of error of 3 percentage points, showed 76 percent of Chileans support the students' demands, Adimark said on its website.

The drop in support comes even after the economy expanded 8.4 percent in the first half of the year, the fastest pace in 16 years, and is expected to expand 6.6 percent over the year, according to government estimates. More than half a million jobs have been created since he took office, Pinera said.

While Chile isn't immune to the increasing likelihood of a global recession, the local economy is well positioned, he said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 300I6O.DTL

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 5, 2011

Chile Students Suspend Protest After Air Crash, Mercurio Reports

Chile Students Suspend Protest After Air Crash, Mercurio Reports

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Sep 5, 2011

Chilean students called off demonstrations planned for this week out of respect for the victims of a Sept. 2 airplane accident that killed 21 people, El Mercurio reported, citing protest leader Camila Vallejo.

The students, who had planned nationwide marches for Sept. 8 to push for lower cost and higher quality schooling, will respond this week to government proposals that would set a timeline to change the education system, the Santiago-based newspaper reported on its website today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-0 ... ports.html
http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/d ... cia=501664

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 7, 2011

Student Movement Rocks Chile

Student Movement Rocks Chile

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Sep 1, 2011

Students campaign against privatized educational system, demand education as a right
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z9UdQxThKo[/video]

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 7, 2011

Chilean Students to Stage Protests Sept. 8, El Mercurio Reports

Chilean Students to Stage Protests Sept. 8, El Mercurio Reports

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Chilean students reversed an earlier decision and will go ahead with nationwide demonstrations on Sept. 8 to push for improvements to the education system, El Mercurio reported, citing protest leader Camila Vallejo.

Vallejo yesterday said students wouldn’t hold demonstrations out of respect for the victims of a Sept. 2 airplane accident that killed 21 people, the Santiago-based newspaper reported on its website

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 8, 2011

Students clash with police in Chile

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Sept. 8 - Chilean students take to the streets once again and clash with police in renewed demonstrations aimed at securing education reforms. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6evQxaqwwmk[/video]

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 12, 2011

Chile remembers its 9/11

Chile remembers its 9/11

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Clashes have broken out between security forces and demonstrators in the Chilean capital Santiago.

The unrest followed peaceful rallies marking the 38th anniversary of the military coup which ousted the socialist government of Salvador Allende.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8deIN-OoU&feature=BFa&list=WL707BB133D8884C05&lf=BFp[/video]

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butcher · Sep 12, 2011

THEBLACKNOVA said:

Students clash with police in Chile

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Sept. 8 - Chilean students take to the streets once again and clash with police in renewed demonstrations aimed at securing education reforms. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6evQxaqwwmk[/video]

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THEBLACKNOVA said:

Chile remembers its 9/11

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Clashes have broken out between security forces and demonstrators in the Chilean capital Santiago.

The unrest followed peaceful rallies marking the 38th anniversary of the military coup which ousted the socialist government of Salvador Allende.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8deIN-OoU&feature=BFa&list=WL707BB133D8884C05&lf=BFp[/video]

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International Clandestine Committee of Riot Dogs say:
WE ARE EVERYWHERE!

THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 13, 2011

280 arrested, 45 wounded on Chile coup anniversary

280 arrested, 45 wounded on Chile coup anniversary

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(AP)-Sep. 11, 2011

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The numbers are in from violence on the 38th anniversary of Chile's military coup: Police arrested 280 people and 45 people were injured, including a teenager who is in critical condition with a bullet in his chest.

The disturbances during the commemoration of Chile's Sept. 11 followed an otherwise peaceful march to Santiago's memorial for the more than 40,000 people who were killed, disappeared, or tortured and jailed during the military dictatorship.

Monday's disturbances left their mark around the capital Tuesday morning, with streetlights damaged and the smoldering remains of street blockades at various points around the city.

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 13, 2011

The Other 9/11 - Chile - Coup d'état - September 11, 1973

The Other 9/11 - Chile - Coup d'état - September 11, 1973

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On September 11, 1973 a military coup was started by General Augusto Pinochet that ousted the democratically elected President Salvador Allende of Chile. Allende's was the first democratically elected Marxist government in the world. This documentary produced by BBC Four is a chronicle of the event from witnesses and archive footage. A chilling and moving account of the day by perpetrators, as well as those at receiving end, who survived to tell this story of a defining moment in Chile's history. It changed Chile forever. It is the only full length (almost 1 hour) documentary in English on it. Also, it is the only documentary that takes into account both sides of the story.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thq-WysYcZc[/video]

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THEBLACKNOVA · Sep 13, 2011

$hile 9/11 Pics!!

$hile 9/11/ Pics!!

text is in spanish, but plenty of pics of what went down...

http://liberaciontotal.lahaine.org/?p=3673
http://liberaciontotal.lahaine.org/?p=3670
http://www.accionpropaganda.org/boom/po ... -memorial/

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