Tag: Carabineros

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 15:01 UTC

  Human Rights Commission denounces Chilean Carabineros for ‘disproportionate use of force’

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has denounced Chile’s Carabineros over the “disproportionate” repression of student protesters, which in some cases it described as “incompatible” with a functioning democracy.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 17:04 UTC

  Rioting in Santiago on the first of a two-day national strike in support of students’ demands

  

  Chilean students have erected fiery blockades in major streets of the capital and clashed with police on Tuesday, first day of a two-day national strike to demand that the government reform the education system.

• 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.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:55 UTC

  Chile’s top cop steps down following disclosure of cover-up operation

  

  Chile’s Carabineros police force General Director Eduardo Gordon resigned his position Friday morning following an exposé by investigative journalism website CIPER that alleged Gordon had covered up his son’s involvement in a hit-and-run accident in July of last year.