Tag: Camila Vallejo

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 10:30 UTC

  Thousands of students take to the streets of Santiago calling for a fairer and quality education

  

  Tens of thousands of students demonstrated on the streets of Chile's capital Wednesday seeking an overhaul of what they call one of the world's priciest and most unfair educational systems.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 06:04 UTC

  Chilean students’ leader rejoices with WSJ calling her a “red-diaper baby”

  

  Camila Vallejo, Chile’s iconic students’ federation vice-president replied in her twitter to a scathing editorial from the Wall Street Journal saying the critique was evidence that Chilean public opinion is ‘becoming conscious’ and is ‘advancing’.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Fidel Castro presents two-volume memoirs and cautions about limits to Socialism

  

  Former Cuban President Fidel Castro presented a two-volume memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, official media said Saturday.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  Chilean student leader launches book and considers entering formal politics

  

  The popular student leader and vice president of the University of Chile’s Student Federation (FECh), Camila Vallejo launched her new book “Podemos cambiar el mundo” or “We can change the world” at a central park in the capital Santiago de Chile on the second day of the centenary celebration of the Communist Party, Fiesta de los Abrazos.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:22 UTC

  Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo, person of the year for The Guardian

  

  Chile’s 23-year-old student leader Camila Vallejo, has been chosen as the person of the year in a poll of readers of British newspaper, The Guardian. Vallejo, the international face of 2011’s student protests in Chile, topped the poll with an overwhelming 78% of votes.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 05:52 UTC

  Violent clashes in Santiago as students-government negotiations break down

  

  Chilean students marched in downtown Santiago Thursday, clashing with police and blocking traffic for much of the day, after negotiations with the government over education reforms broke down.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 01:39 UTC

  Education reform debate begins in Chile while angry students clash with riot police

  

  Chilean students and government leaders met Thursday in an angry atmosphere for long-awaited negotiations on the country’s education reform while tens of thousands of protesters challenged police in the streets of Santiago.

• Monday, September 5th 2011 - 03:05 UTC

  Chilean students will assess Piñera road map for education reform before next meeting

  

  Chile's student organizations are waiting for the road map promised for Monday by government authorities following Saturday’s meeting with President Sebastian Piñera for nearly four hours in the government palace.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 03:32 UTC

  Iconic Chilean student leader meets Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff

  

  Before the planned meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera next Saturday, Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasília on Wednesday to discuss the problems facing the Brazilian and Chilean higher education systems.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:35 UTC

  Piñera pledges to clarify events surrounding killing of teenager during mass protests

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera pledged Sunday to get to the bottom of the killing of a teen during a mass protest as student leaders agreed to meet with the president on their grievances.