"Let it be heard in Santiago de Chile"

President Mauricio Macri made an unfortunate sentence when he called on protesters from Cambiemos in El Obelisco to shout for a hearing, even in Santiago de Chile, where hundreds of people were beaten by the police after claiming responsibility. metro climb.

"They are listening to us until Uruguay and Santiago de Chile," Macri said in the middle of the obelisk, before the protesters who went to ask for reelection.

Students mid-level and university students invaded the streets of Santiago de Chile to protest against a price increase on the metro ticket and they were brutally repressed by the police.

For the episodes of violence, at least one injured person was registered, the Confederation of Chilean Students (Confech) called a day of "national protest" for next Monday against the value of public transport in the country and to "recover and escape" to the metro stations of Santiago held on alert this Friday by the fifth day followed by not paying the ticket.

According to the EFE agency, there were incidents in about 15 subway stations, but the most violent situation took place in Los Heroes, with a strong confrontation including tear gas in the stops and in the wagons.

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