Burst in Chile, check the political leadership | Chronic

For Fedra Abagianos
@TrinityFlux

Shards, looting, repression and curfew. Since Friday, Chile has experienced a social explosion that defeats political leaders who do not react to protesters, except with violence. More and more deaths, detainees and repression in a context that began with the rise of a ticket, but that revealed the inequalities of a neoliberal model that was not fair and which was hurting to the middle and lower class. Four days of social fury and uncertainty on the streets.

Both the sentence of the Minister of the Economy Andrés Fontaine to suggest to the Chileans to get up earlier so that the metro ticket is cheaper than that of the president. Sebastian Piñera fromWe are at war"Far from calming the waters, he stirred them.

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"The origin of this phenomenon is rare and nobody had foreseen it was a surprise surprise.This started with the rise in the price of the subway, but it was the tip of the iceberg of a series of things that happened and that ended on Friday the metro was closed with the 7 lines that serve 3 million people, and people could not come back from their work because there was no way there. no microphones either, and this created a gigantic chaos, some took the opportunity to go loot, Piñera decided on the state of emergency instead of dealing with a social problem. ", he explained to Chronicle Marco Silva, Chilean journalist and conductor of Radio Oasis.

"Piñera announced that he was at war with something that we do not really know what it's about and that only reacts with the police force and more repression and only takes not support the real malaise behind and that must be solved by political actions "Silva said

For the Chilean journalist and driver, the social situation in which his country finds himself is intensifying. "There are more deaths, more wounded and more detainees, in addition to the curfew with soldiers in the streets.In 30 years of democracy, there is no historical trace of such a situation, she never went to this level, never "he assured.

"Piñera announced that he was at war with something that we do not quite know what it is about and that only reacts by the police force and by more repression and does not take in charge the real malaise behind "

"The last memory of this is the dictatorship, it is Pinochet.It is very terrible what happens.This can be triggered by many things, but it is fundamentally d. systematic abuse on several fronts.There are very oppressed people, with a lot of social inequality, with a lot of indifference, and there is a lot of separation of the elite who governs with the real ones. problems of the people ", denounced the journalist.

For the reporter, the Minister of Economy said about telling workers to get up earlier "dramatic ", he was "a mockery"and realize "indolence"People who spend two or three hours on a bus to work.

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"We do not know how this crisis will be solved in the coming days because the situation continues day by day.The exit should be political, but Piñera does not act on this front, but seeks to solve the problem with order The problem is that the looting continues, and we do not understand if they are repressed while the looting continues, the uncertainty is too great ", Silva analyzed.

The exit should be political but Piñera does not act on this front, he tries to solve the problem with order and security. "

According to Radio Oasis reporter, the problem is that the Chilean growth model is neoliberal and is based on "a series of inequalities"in"a series of economic drops"in"a lot of credits" and in "many people who should". "This generates a very strong social pressure because there are a lot of abandonment of real problems and that makes the thing explode with a short wick as was the case of the rise of the passage.It is the top of the iceberg of a series of social measures that Chile has not yet known. " supported "Silva concludes.