Tag: Chile protest

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Chilean special force officer arrested for blinding a woman with a tear gas canister

  

  A Chilean special forces captain has been arrested for assault in relation to an incident in which a woman was blinded by a tear gas canister during the massive social protests that rocked the country in 2019.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  China attacks Western hypocrisy equaling Hong Kong with Chile and Catalonia situations

  

  China is seizing on violent protests in Europe and South America to bolster its condemnation of demonstrations in Hong Kong and defend its handling of the unrest.

• Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Chile: Trade unions accuse the Piñera administration of repressive crackdown

  

  The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has joined its voice to the international condemnation of the Chilean government’s repressive crackdown of a demonstration in Santiago on Thursday. Trade unionists were among those targeted by police aggression and arrests in the aftermath of Thursday’s peaceful demonstration.

• Monday, May 23rd 2016 - 06:02 UTC

  Violent protests when Chilean president presented state of the nation report

  

  Violent protests broke out in Chile on Saturday as President Michelle Bachelet presented a state-of-the-nation report to Congress. One man died of asphyxiation after masked demonstrators burned a pharmacy and a supermarket in downtown Valparaiso, which is where Chile’s congress meets.