Chile does not calm down: big protest ends with wounded and detainees

CNN 's Chilean television showed images of the uniform carrying several protesters in detention until an official report is published on it until tonight.

However, local media reported that the incidents were isolated and did not reach a similar scale as in previous days, leaving at least 20 dead, hundreds wounded and more than 9,000 inmates.

In addition, this Friday, about 200 women dressed in black, wearing a white scarf around their necks and carrying a banner identifying them as "women of mourning," walked silently into Alameda Bernardo O. Higgins, Avenue. main downtown Santiago, in tribute to those killed during the demonstrations.

Protesters were also seen wearing posters with captions such as "Thank you young brave" and "Money for education and non-punishment" and, as usual in this cycle of demonstrations, groups of white bars of various football clubs gathered in Plaza Italia.

The march "From the Quinta to the Moneda" converged towards the manifestation of Santiago. This march began in Limache, Valparaíso region, just over 100 kilometers northwest of the capital, began yesterday by about 40 people. Tens were added along the way.

These marchers sought to settle in front of the presidential palace but were dispersed by the police, reported radio Bío Bío.

For the first time since the epidemic and despite security protocols, the police have asked protesters to withdraw from the La Moneda front, Radio Cooperativa reported.

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At the same time, the Minister of the Interior, Gonzalo Blumel, said the government did not reject the possibility of structural reforms, but avoided speaking of a constituent assembly, as requested the opposition and many protesters who have returned to the streets today.

"We will not be able to have all the answers immediately, it would be lying to people; We must develop responses together and through a participatory dialogue, "said Blumel after a meeting with a group of mayors from the metropolitan area, according to local newspaper La Tercera.

"We have stated that we are willing to look at tax reintegration, we need to have ideal frameworks of understanding for the next few days; we have a real desire to reach agreements, "he added.

For more than two weeks, a series of street protests across the country, but especially in Santiago, paralyzed the country's political life and put the government of President Sebastián Piñera under control, forced to change cabinet and start taking speak up and propose reforms in health, education, retirement and tax.

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