Chile

COP 25 Climate Summit Opens With Controversy

December 2, 2019 Anne Peterman, Global Justice Ecology Project. Educate! Chile, COP 25, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples

Santiago, Chile–While the annual UN Climate Summit (COP25) commences in Madrid, protesters across Chile, the country in which the COP was originally planned, are demanding that Chile be stripped of the Presidency of COP 25 due to the human rights abuses happening in Chile. At the same time, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón has threatened to have Chile’s President Piñera detained if he attempts to enter the country. Protesters are rising up against Chile’s neoliberal model, imposed under the Pinochet dictatorship. More than two dozen people have been killed in the protests and hundreds have lost eyes as Carabineros de Chile (national police) intentionally shoot metal-filled rubber bullets shotgun-style at people’s heads.

Over 2,800 People Wounded In Chile Since Start Of Protests

November 27, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Educate! Chile, Class Struggle, Latin America, Protests, Repression

The National Institute of Human Rights of Chile ( NHRI ) on Monday reported that 2,808 people have been wounded during the nearly 40 days of demonstrations in the South American country. According to figures provided by the Chilean agency, 232 people suffered eye injuries (75 percent of the cases of gunshots), of the 2,808 wounded that have been found in different hospitals. As of Monday, 437 people were injured because of firearms, while 1,180, the majority, were victims of pellets shot by state agents, the NHRI reported.

Chile: National Strike On Monday, General Strike On Tuesday – No Peace For The Government

November 26, 2019 Staff, Radio UChile, translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Resist! Chile, Class Struggle, Latin America, Strikes

Social organizations have called for a new work stoppage this Monday, and the Central Unitary Workers Union (CUT) is calling for a general strike on Tuesday to demand, among other things, an increase in the minimum wage and pensions to 500,000 pesos. On Sunday, the official call for the progressive General Strike was launched, scheduled for Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26. Dozens of social organizations called on the population to participate in the paralysis of various productive and service activities throughout the country, along with pots and pans and other protest actions.

What The Chilean People’s Enemies In The US Are Planning

November 19, 2019 G1 of Rebel Diaz, Blackagendareport.com Educate! Chile, Latin America, Regime Change

Yesterday, I got last minute notice of a talk on the Chilean protests at (of all places) the University of Chicago. I didn't know exactly what to expect but what I encountered was far more sinister than I could have imagined: a room full of technocrats -- and soon to be 21st century Chicago Boys -- dissecting the protests in Chile. I almost got security called on me, the lady next to me complained about my manner of talking (“gesticulating” with my arms lol), and I was called a violent machista for interrupting a white Chilean lawyer who was saying some right wing bullshit.

Chile, Bolivia and AFRICOM: Imperialism, Revolution & What We Must Ask Of Ourselves

November 17, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, Act Out! Resistance Report Chile, Class war, Imperialism, Socialism

Did the French Revolution go too far? And what the hell does that have to do with our place and time?? Meanwhile, people ask "when is the US going to reach that tipping point?" Well, I have some thoughts on that. As protests rage on in Chile, the echoes of a past we made play loudly in the streets. Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the African People's Socialist Party joins us to talk imperialism, class warfare, revolution and more. "You can have peace on the plantation. But you have to say victory to the oppressed."

Struggles For Another Chile, Another Wallmapu

November 12, 2019 By Pilar Villanueva-Martinez, Towardfreedom.org Educate! Chile, Class Struggle, Latin America

On October 6th, the Chilean government, led by President Sebastián Piñera, increased public transit fares by four per cent in Santiago. Student led protests began immediately and continued as more people joined and supported the mobilizations and the government refused to revert the increase. By October 15th, authorities decided to close some key metro stations in order to avoid massive fare evasions, but students and other protesters brought the bars down and entered the stations by force. Older people encouraged the students to continue protesting.

A Deeper Look At Uprisings Around The World

November 11, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Chile, China, Hong Kong, Lebanon

Revolts are arising all around the world and it can be hard to keep track of them. We speak with Andre Vltchek, a photographer, writer and documentarian who travels all over to cover world events. He brings a deeper understanding of the conditions that have given rise to the protests, the historical context of those conditions and outside forces that may be influencing them. We discuss Lebanon, a very complex situation where basic social services have broken down but there are also western interests; Hong Kong, China, and the Uyghurs, which are completely propagandized in the United States; and Chile, where people are facing violent state repression and a deeply neoliberal government that has existed since the US-led coup by General Pinochet in 1973. Vltchek provides incredible insights and information.

Chilean Activists Sue Piñera Over Crimes Against Humanity During Protests

November 9, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Chile, Latin America, Protests, Repression

Chilean NGOs Popular Defense, Vergara Toledo Bros Defense Committee and Legal Cooperative filed Monday a lawsuit for crimes against humanity against President Sebastian Piñera so that Santiago's 7th Guarantee Court investigate his political responsibility for human rights violations which have taken place over the last two weeks amid massive unrest in the country. The Chilean government's human rights violations "are framed in a systematic and widespread attack against civilians who have taken to the streets demanding structural changes to neoliberal policies which the right has strengthened for almost 30 years," the plaintiffs argue.

Neoliberalism’s Children Rise Up To Demand Justice In Chile And The World

November 9, 2019 By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies, Commondreams.org Create! Chile, Latin America, Neoliberalism, New Economy

Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal “center-right” and “center-left” governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, which has in many cases been imposed on them by U.S. invasions, coups and other brutal uses of force. The repression against activists has been savage, with more than 250 protesters killed in Iraq in October alone, but the protests have continued and grown.

Chilean Opposition Demands Referendum To Solve Crisis

November 8, 2019 Aldo Anfossi, La Jornada, translation, Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Create! Chile, Electoral Politics, Latin America

Three opposition parties —Radical, Democracy, and Socialist— demanded that the Sebastian Piñera Administration call for a constituent referendum as a starting point to find a solution to the political and social crisis that hit the country two weeks ago and showing no signs of coming to an end. Entering a third week, demonstrations continue strong and have resulted so far in 23 deaths; a figure reported by the Chilean Attorney General, while another 1,574 injured are in hospitals. Of those 473 were shot by police pellets and over 157 suffering irreparable eye injuries.

The “Super-Mustache” of Nicolás Maduro: Scapegoat of Neoliberal Elites

November 3, 2019 Frederick B. Mills, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. Educate! Chile, Neoliberalism, OAS, Venezuela

Over the past month, ruling elites in Ecuador and Chile as well as the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, have been warning that the specter of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is behind rising anti-neoliberal sentiments throughout the region. A continental-wide effort of the right is trying to avoid recognition of the actual deep social and economic inequalities afflicting the population and the clear responsibility of the neoliberal political class for these maladies. For example, on October 8, President Lenín Moreno blamed Rafael Correa and Nicolás Maduro for the protests in Ecuador: “The satrapy of Maduro has activated along with Correa their plan of destabilization. They are the corrupt who . . . are behind this coup attempt and are using and instrumentalizing the indigenous sectors; taking advantage of their mobilization to sack and destroy everything in their way.”[1]

Why Is The Media Covering Protests In Hong Kong, Chile So Differently?

October 31, 2019 By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputniknews.com Resist! Chile, Hong Kong, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Media, Propaganda, Protests

Media coverage of the protest movements in Hong Kong and Chile contrasts sharply, tracing a line in US foreign policy that aims to buttress movements that benefit US imperialism while ignoring or demonizing those that challenge it. In several key ways, this dichotomy is apparent and palpable. On both sides of the Pacific, sustained civil resistance is rocking governments to their core. In Hong Kong, anger at a proposed extradition bill with mainland China erupted into huge demonstrations in June...

Crises In Ecuador, Chile, “Reflects The Exhaustion Of Neoliberal Policies”

October 29, 2019 Staff, Sputnik, translation, Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Chile, Ecuador, Latin America, Regime Change

Several neoliberal or right-wing governments in South America are turning authoritarian in the face of mass protests taking place in their countries, undermining thus the “region’s weak democratic institutionalism,” Spanish political analyst Pascual Serrano told Sputnik. “What is going on in Ecuador, and Chile, which are currently the most visible examples, or in Peru where the Congress was dissolved a few weeks ago, is not an institutional crisis but the exhaustion of neoliberal policies undertaken by right-wing governments, which instead of correcting their mistakes are shifting to authoritarian models”...

Whitewashing Neoliberal Repression In Chile And Ecuador

October 28, 2019 Lucas Koerner, Fair.org Educate! Chile, Class Struggle, Ecuador, Latin America, Repression

Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, people are rising up against right-wing, US-backed governments and their neoliberal austerity policies. Currently in Chile, the government of billionaire Sebastian Piñera has deployed the army to crush nationwide demonstrations against inequality sparked by a subway fare hike. In Ecuador, indigenous peoples, workers and students recently brought the country to a standstill during 11 days of protests against the gutting of fuel subsidies by President Lenín Moreno as part of an IMF austerity package.

While Chile Burns, The OAS Targets Bolivia

October 28, 2019 Ángel Guerra Cabrera, La Jornada, translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Bolivia, Chile, Latin America, OAS

Chile’s combative and vigorous popular rebellion is not merely due to the disproportionate increase in the Metro ticket in Santiago. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back for a quarter century of crouched pinochetism that has continued there in strategic spaces, including economic, politics, media, and armed security forces. In Chile, yes, there has been a sort of democratic scenography to disguise the fascism that really exists. The bloody repression from the very first moments of a totally peaceful protest, which only consisted first of skipping the turnstiles of the Metro by hundreds of teenagers...

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