Chaos continues in Chile with 15 dead and more than 2,000 arrested

With at least 15 dead, around 100 wounded and more than 2,000 people arrested, the social outburst in Chile seems endless. At a new day of demonstrations, thousands of people stormed Plaza Italia in Santiago, the biggest protest of this place since the start of protests on Friday.

"Let the militia go," shouted the protesters in chorus, openly defying the military and police forces that protect in large numbers the center of the Chilean capital, which oscillates between curfew and clashes between peoples. the police who, when they showed the cameras, pulled without much objection to the crowd. What began as a protest against the increase in the metro ticket ended in an epidemic, with protesters exhausted by economic policies generating greater inequality.

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The reaction of President Sebastián Piñera did not calm the situation: he declared that there was a "war". "It does not stop; it's not for my brother, "a protester told local television when the Chileans approached the first working day after the outbreak of the protests, the most violent since the return to democracy in 1990 with the end of the Dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Until now, "the number of official deaths in the past two days is 11," said Karla Rubilar, mayor (governor) of the metropolitan area, according to the AFP agency. Health Minister Jaime Máñalich said on his side that there were 239 civilians injured – eight of them in danger – after these days of demonstrations. The Interior Portfolio Manager said that 50 police and soldiers were also injured. The prosecutor's office also reported 2151 inmates across the country.

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Tension in Chile: the death toll rises to 10 and Piñera speaks of "war"

Tensions in Chile: the death toll rises to 8 and unrest continues throughout the country