"Contained rage" behind incidents in Chile

he Downtown Santiago is awake with a tense calm after a new day of demonstrations and incidents in the Chilean capital. The record of the demonstrations that took place across Chile rose this morning to 15 After the discovery of the body of a dead man electrocuted in the middle of a looting in a supermarket in downtown Santiago.

MDZ He visited the center of the Chilean capital and met with citizens who had to search for other means of transport to cope with the damage done in the metro stations after the rise had no effect. The majority agreed that the anger of the Chilean people had accumulated and the increase in the ticket was the drop that spilled out of the glass.

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"The station is closed subway and we have to look for other ways to transport. It's terrible what happens. I am against being torn. Pressure must be put on Congress, do not touch people"said a 27-year-old computer engineer who preferred to reserve his identity.

He added: "People who go out on the street do not represent the majority of the population, they are people who do not work. They call themselves students, but they should not even study".

José Ortega (29) is Venezuelan and works as a Walmart porter. In dialogue with MDZ, said that he was in agreement with the protest but not with the violent form adopted. "It's a rage that they have a long time ago for the degree of tax they pay. The rise of the ticket exploded this rage. Life is very expensive here and most Chileans earn the minimum wage, "said Ortega.

In this sense, a 45-year-old trader agreed with the young Venezuelan and said the anger of the Chilean people had accumulated several months earlier. "I agree with the protests. Things go up and wages do not go up. I earn the minimum wage and it does not happen to me Pay for things. Only those who have money they can access quality education and the remedies are very expensive, "he explained.

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Santiago and the entire metropolitan area, to which the capital belongs, were for third consecutive night under curfewextension of the measure in the region of Valparaiso, in the province of Concepción and in the cities of Antofagasta, La Serena, Coquimbo, Rancagua, Talca and Valdivia.

The President of Chile, Sebastian PiñeraHe said that the country is waging "a war" against the violent and maintains the state of emergency, totally or in some of its communes, in 11 of the 16 regions of the country: the metropolitan area (in which Santiago is located), Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Maule, Concepción, Bío Bío, O. Higgings, Magallanes and Los Ríos.

By Ignacio De Villafañe, Pachy Reynoso and Pedro Pereyra, Special Envoys to Chile