Chile to embark on new path of greater social equality after two years of turmoil

Colourful backdrop for ugly clashes: Chile sets up museum for deadly protests

After the start of mass wave of social unrest, people in Chile are now voting to scrap dictatorship era constitution.Chile is holding referendum to scrap the old constitution which will be replaced by a new one.

Authorities sanitize polling stations as Chile goes to polls after protests

The demonstration comes just a week before Chileans vote in a referendum on whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.

Churches burnt as thousands mark Chile protest movement anniversary

In a fresh round of protests, clashes erupted between thousands of demonstrators and police in Chile's Santiago on Friday. The rally took place in the Plaza Italia, which is the epicenter of the massive citizen protests against President Sebastian Pinera's government.

Chile: Violent clashes erupt in new round of protests

At least one more death has been reported in the latest wave of protests in Chile, thereby taking the death toll 29, news agency AFP reported quoting National Institute of Human Rights (NHRI).

Chile protests: Death toll climbs to 29 

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, whose government has been rocked by riots over inequality, ignited a fresh wave of anger after claiming that "many" videos on social media of police abuse of demonstrators were "fake news," and unrest was being fomented by foreign governments.

Chilean President Pinera sparks fury with fake news claims

'The rapist is you': Chile protest anthem against sexual violence goes global

Chilean lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday to fast-track reforms to beef up security, warning that a resurgence in violence and vandalism was threatening to derail the country's 30-year-old democracy.

Chilean lawmakers warn democracy at stake as violence spikes

A month of intense protests against inequality and police repression in Santiago have transformed the Chilean capital's streetscape into a caterwaul of graffiti whose messages reflect the deep discontent in this once genteel Latin American city.

'Chile awakened': Graffiti across shattered city reflects protest intensity

The death toll from violent unrest in Chile rose to 23 on Friday as the country entered its fifth week of social unrest. Looting and demonstrations took place in cities across the South American nation, and an agreement on a political roadmap that will see Chile draft a new constitution has halted neither the anger, nor the bloodshed.

As Chile's violent unrest enters into fifth week, death toll rises to 23

Chile's finance minister warned on Tuesday of the "grave consequences" for the nation's economy of three weeks of often violent unrest after the peso slid 4 per cent to hit a historic low against the dollar.

Chile's finance minister calls for return to 'normality' as peso slides

State workers in Chile promised to launch a massive, nationwide walk-off early on Tuesday, a sign protesters were not yet satisfied following the government's decision to rewrite the country's heavily critiqued dictatorship-era constitution.

No end in sight to Chile unrest as massive strike, more protests planned

Chile has announced it will move to draft a new constitution and replace one dating back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, a key demand of protesters who have rocked the country for three weeks.

Chile to amend constitution, a key demand of protesters

Demonstrators in Chile set a university building ablaze and ransacked a church Friday at the close of an otherwise peaceful rally marking three weeks of unprecedented protests against social and economic inequality.

Protesters in Chile set fire to university, loot church

2019 saw the biggest protests ever in history.

2019: A year of global uprising

Protesters and police faced off in the streets of Santiago on Wednesday (November 6), with officers using tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the crowd. The protests started over a hike in public transport fares but have broadened to include poor pensions, the high costs of utilities, medication and road tolls as well as patchy public services such as healthcare and education.

Tear gas, water cannon as Chile protesters defy police in Santiago

Constitutional conundrum: Why Chileans are demanding to change their constitution?

Reuters photographers covering protests in the central Santiago rallying point of Plaza Italia were getting ready to capture images on Monday as the police set about clearing the square for the evening.

Chilean police officers set on fire by Molotov cocktails

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Tuesday he will not resign in the face of deadly protests over inequality and poor social conditions that have entered their third week.

Chile leader Pinera says will not resign over protests

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Chilean protests turn violent as protesters show no sign of backing down

Spiralling student debt, with some loans the size of a mortgage, pricey tuition fees and a troubled education system have helped fan the flames of Chile's deadly protests.

Crippling student loans contribute to Chile's protests

Chileans took to the streets of Santiago on Friday (November 01), pouring by the thousands into plazas and clashing violently with security forces as the protests that have shaken the country showed no signs of letting up.

Unrest Continues in Chile; Police deploy cannons, tear gas

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