Street crime, damages and hundreds arrested in Chile on coup anniversary

Monday, September 14th 2009 - 22:10 UTC

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This weekend’s “demonstrations” commemorating the 36th anniversary of the 9/11/73 military coup in Chile that toppled the Socialist government of President Salvador Allende left three dead, 19 policemen wounded, more than 200 arrested and millions of pesos in property damage. Read full article

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Tim Andrews
Regardless of the government blaming drug gangs for the bulk of the September 11 violence, the reality is that it is also a response to the severe income inequality (one of the worst in the world) that reigns in Chile and an economic model that keeps most of the young trapped in low paying, dead end jobs that provide little if any benefits.
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