Tag: Jaime Gajardo

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:44 UTC

  Teachers take to the streets of Chile to protest education bill in Congress

  

  Several thousand teachers poured into the streets of Santiago and other cities of Chile to express their rejection of an education bill currently being debated in Congress. The Monday march marked the first day of a strike called by the teachers union, which demands changes in key aspects of a bill that includes some of the reforms to the education system being promoted by the Michelle Bachelet government.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  Mock referendum in Chile confirms massive support for education reform

  

  A massive turnout of voters (‘hundreds of thousands’) responded in support of a non binding plebiscite organized by the Chilean professors union in the midst of the students conflict, one of the most serious challenges faced by any Chilean government since the return of democracy in 1990.