Chile Student Protests

Chilean Street Dogs Are Loyal To Protestors' Cause

AP | LUIS ANDRES HENAO | Posted 12.26.2012 | Latino Voices

SANTIAGO, Chile -- They don't have demands, but they're loyal to the cause and are always on the front lines of the fight. They run with protesters, l...

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Police Disciplined For Forcing Students To Strip Naked

AP | Posted 08.30.2012 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's police director says four officers will be disciplined for forcing student protesters to strip naked. Gen. Gustavo Gonzal...

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Protesters Take Over Chilean Schools

AP | LUIS ANDRES HENAO | Posted 10.14.2012 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Hundreds of students occupied high schools and blocked traffic in Chile's capital on Tuesday to demand education reform. Polic...

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Chilean Students March For Education Reforms

AP | EVA VERGARA and FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 06.25.2012 | World

SANTIAGO, Chile — President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday a tax overhaul he is sending to congress will raise $700 million that will be enough...

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Police Break Up Thousand Strong Student March

AP | EVA VERGARA | Posted 05.16.2012 | College

SANTIAGO, Chile — Police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a march by thousands of Chilean students on Thursday, the first protest thi...

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Chile Rising: Inside The Student Protests

Posted 01.04.2012 | World

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For the past eight months, riot police have broken up massive student protests across Chile using water cannons and tear gas. The students are dema...

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Chile Student Protests Force Resignations

AP | By FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 02.28.2012 | World

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's student protest movement claimed its second education minister on Thursday as Felipe Bulnes stepped down, citing personal r...

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Students Clash With Police In Chile

AP | Posted 01.10.2012 | World

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Thousands of students marched through the Chilean port of Valparaiso on Wednesday to demand more money for public education and to ...

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Students Briefly Occupy Chile's Senate Building

AP | EVA VERGARA | Posted 12.21.2011 | College

SANTIAGO, Chile — Dozens of youths disrupted a Senate committee hearing Thursday, then occupied the Senate office building for eight hours to de...

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Student Protests Rage On

AP | By EVA VERGARA | Posted 12.19.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Violence again hit Chile's capital Wednesday as small groups of hooded youths clashed with police and marred an otherwise peaceful ...

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Chilean Students Set Up Blockades, Clash With Police

AP | Posted 12.18.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean students have erected fiery blockades in major streets of the capital and clashed with police on the first day of a tw...

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After Police Crackdown, Chilean Protesters Call For Another Day Of Strikes

AP | FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 12.07.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's union and student leaders called Friday for shutting down the nation's economy for a day in response to a police crack...

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Police Crack Down On Chilean Student Protesters

AP | By FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 12.06.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student march for free public education on Thursday, hours after prote...

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Student Protesters And Government Break Off Talks

AP | EVA VERGARA | Posted 12.06.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Leaders of Chile's striking students broke off negotiations with the government Wednesday complaining of official intransigenc...

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It's Sustainability Stupid

Marcelo Mena | Posted 11.29.2011 | Green

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How did a country like Chile, that was on the path to development, all of a sudden start questioning the very basis of their economic model? The answer lies in sustainability.

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Chilean Students Resume Protests Pushing Education Reforms

AP | Posted 11.22.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched in Chile's capital, resuming street protests to demand that the government increase...

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Chilean Students Show the Way

Gary Anderson | Posted 10.31.2011 | World

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Chilean students are experimenting with new forms of protest, such as marathon runs around congress, kiss-ins, and a 3,000-student performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to imply that the education system in Chile has become a zombie.

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Chilean Student Protests Turn Violent

AP | FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 10.09.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Violence erupted on the streets of Chile's capital and other cities Tuesday as tens of thousands of students staged another pr...

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Chile Police, Students Clash In Banned Protests

AP | By EVA VERGARA | Posted 10.04.2011 | Home

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Riot police battled high school and university students in the streets of Chile's capital Thursday, firing water cannons and tear g...

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