Chile: Looting and shooting in Santiago and other cities after curfew

Hundreds of Chileans, including families with children, demonstrated tonight against the social situation in Chile, after the army announced that the curfew had begun and demonstrations were still not stifled. in Valparaíso, the country's oldest newspaper, El Mercurio, caught fire.

The protests began last Monday after the announcement of a substantial increase in the Santiago Metro passages, replicated in other Chilean cities and that did not stop when this afternoon, the President. Sebastián Piñera announced his suspension. This augmentation.

In short, this increase in the number of passages has had the effect of igniting discontent with social inequalities, as summarized by a flyer that has stolen from the streets of Santiago: "This is not the subway, it is the health.It is the education.It is the pensions C & # 39; s is the housing C & # 39; s the salary of the parliamentarian C & # 39; s is the increase of the light C is the increase of benzine (naphtha) C is the robbery of the armed forces It is the forgiveness of the employer C & # 39; is the dignity of 39; ;a society! !! "

The curfew, which was announced soon after Piñera announced the reverse with the increase of the subway, was a decision of the Chief of National Defense, General Javier Iturriaga. #CHILE – The demonstrators will set fire to the headquarters of the newspaper El Mercurio in Valparaiso Nessa noite on Saturday 19.10.19.#RevoltaPopular pic.twitter.com/zuGv3JSNOb– R.I.A (@RedeInfoA) October 20, 2019

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"I took the decision to order the suspension of freedom of movement by a touch of total in the provinces of Santiago and Chacabuco," said the army in a brief statement.

The measure includes "restriction of freedoms" and "indicates that people must be at home and those who need to request a secure passage" to be able to move.

"This document authorizes them to move and is the one that will be requested by the outside public.The control is carried out by Carabineros and the PDI (investigation police)," Iturriaga added, who asked the media to broadcast the report. implementation of the measure. , which was endorsed by an official statement of the Chilean army.

For the curfew, they ask not to go to Chile at night, said the customs of Los Libertadores tonight:

The live broadcast of what is happening: