Chile protester pardons force exit of high-level personnel
A crisis unfolding after pardons were announced for convicts who participated in riots in 2019 led to the resignation of the Justice Minister and the...
Tag : estallido
Chilean Amnesia
Forgotten are the root causes of the social uprising three years ago. Violence, not collective peaceful action, is emphasized in the media, while turncoat intellectuals...
Three years on, estallido human rights violations still unpunished
Three years after a social uprising sparked nationwide protests that authorities sometimes answered with human rights violations, two Chilean institutions have published reports on victims’...
Boric on the anniversary of the estallido: ‘let’s not deny history’
Chile’s president Gabriel Boric reflected on several lessons learned since the social uprising of 2019. He discussed human rights violations, the public’s demands, and the...
Senator Fabiola Campillai sues government for personal injury
Senator Fabiola Campillai filed a CLP$2.2 billion tort lawsuit against the Chilean State. In November 2019, she was hit in the face by a police...
Amnesty International: Little justice in aftermath of social uprising
SANTIAGO – Amnesty International’s Chile chapter has released a report coinciding with the second anniversary of the social uprising. The report details structural methods that...
Chile braces for anniversary of October 2019 uprising
On the second anniversary of the social uprising, protests causing massive disruption took place especially in Santiago. Three police stations were attacked, while a protest...
Piñera Taken to International Criminal Court for Crimes Against Humanity
SANTIAGO – Several human rights organizations and the famous ex-judge Baltasar Garzón have sent a request to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands....
‘Our politics and our politicians have far exceeded the most creative fictions’
Germán Silva Cuadra is a busy man. Aside from writing weekly columns for Chile Today and El Mostrador, he has just finished a book, merging...
Anselmo Acuña: “My Son Abel Was Killed for Asking for Dignity”
SANTIAGO – Abel Acuña, a 29-year-old protester, was among the dozens that died in 2019 during the social uprising. He died at Plaza Italia, which...