Chile has experienced another day of chaos with incidents in Santiago and Valparaiso

Chile today experienced a fifth consecutive day of chaos, with long battles between security forces and protesters, looting against shops and massive protest demonstrations, which forced the government to draw up a program of " social change "to end the social explosion that has left fifteen dead, hundreds wounded and more than a thousand inmates.

The panorama of violence and repression has been restored in downtown Santiago and other cities in the interior of the country, such as Concepción and Valparaíso, in the midst of the militarization of public spaces unpublished since the dictatorship Augustus. Pinochet

While riots dominated the streets of the Chilean capital, President Sebastián Piñera received, at the headquarters of the ruling party political party leaders and opposition parties, measures aimed at protesters, who demand improved health services, education and income distribution.

The leaders of the Party for Democracy (PPD), Radical (PR) and Democrat-Christian (PDC) met Piñera this afternoon at the La Moneda Palace with a list of orders, which also requires answers on the 15 deaths already counted. the revolt.

The head of state has heard demands to get the army out of the streets and put an end to the exception state declared amidst the social outburst.

At the end of this meeting, the Minister of the Interior, Andrés Chadwick, quoted by La Tercera, announced that Mr. Piñera "will soon announce a" proposal on a social agenda to move the country forward " .

But the secretary general of the presidency, Gonzalo Blumel, has made it clear that "it is unreal to wait for a definitive answer, but to give a first kick" to start coming out of the crisis.

He said that a "program of unity, social change for a country where everyone has more equality of opportunity and security is what we aspire for" has been studied. "

Several left-wing and center-left organizations have preferred not to attend the meeting convened by the President in a speech in favor of the reduction of drug prices and the implementation of measures aimed at improve health and education systems. .

Meanwhile, a central corner of Santiago was today the real battlefield where protesters and security forces clashed for more than two hours.

The riots erupted at one of the ends of the iconic Plaza Italia, scene of historical mobilizations in Santiago, where thousands of people rallied to express their protests.

Although the majority of protesters remained peaceful, groups of people were seen running to escape the clouds of smoke from the tear gas canisters fired by security agents, who were acting in a protected manner. behind several armored tanks.

Groups of protesters challenged the use of force and confronted the police with stones or simply raised their arms in front of the tanks, which were sometimes surrounded by two groups of demonstrators.

According to the latest official report, 15 people died in the five days following the social episode, 11 were burned in the middle of vandalism or looting and the other four due to repression by the armed forces or security.

Three of those killed by the crackdown were hit by bullets fired by security guards and another by a navy truck in Talcahuano, a town near Concepción, about 500 km south of the capital, reported the agency EFE.

The riots also left hundreds of injured (at least 88 bullets) and 2,643 detainees.

The wave of violence led the government to first declare the state of emergency throughout the country, then the curfew in several cities, in a context in which Piñera ended up saying that Chile was "at war with a powerful and implacable enemy" whose origin and objectives it has not identified.

As violence mounted on the streets, representatives of opposition parties asked President Sebastián Piñera to dictate the end of the emergency and to remove the military from the streets.

The claims were made at a meeting convened by the president to find a way out of the crisis that had erupted more than a week ago.

The leaders of the Party for Democracy (PPD), Radical (PR) and Democrat-Christian (PDC) met Piñera this afternoon at the La Moneda Palace with a list of orders, which also requires answers on the 15 deaths already counted. the revolt.

"The president must end the state of emergency and curfew," said PPD chairman, former Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz.

According to the latest official report, 15 people died in the five days following the social episode, 11 were burned in the middle of vandalism or looting and the other four due to repression by the armed forces or security.

Three of those killed by the crackdown were hit by bullets fired by security guards and another by a navy truck in Talcahuano, a town near Concepción, about 500 km south of the capital, reported the agency EFE.

The riots also left hundreds of injured (at least 88 bullets) and 2,643 detainees.

The wave of violence led the government to first declare the state of emergency throughout the country, then the curfew in several cities, in a context in which Piñera ended up saying that Chile was "at war with a powerful and implacable enemy" whose origin and objectives it has not identified.