Tag: protests

Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
“Overwhelming similarity” in Hong Kong and Venezuelan protests

Protests in Hong Kong bear an “overwhelming” similarity to political unrest that has wracked Venezuela in recent years, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday.
Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
Protests in Iran against ayatollahs, “Clerics get lost”; five nations to discuss legal actions over downed Ukrainian airplane

Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the country’s clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake.
Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:46 UTC
Chilean activity down and poor prospects for this year, following weeks of social unrest

Economic activity in Chile dropped 3.3% in November, led by a slump in mining activity, the central bank has said, and officials predicted low growth for the coming year as the country reels from anti-government unrest. The prediction is based on Chile’s economic activity index or IMACEC (Indicador Mensual de Actividad Economica).
Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
University entrance exams in Chile disrupted by students protesting elitism

University entrance exams to be taken by 300,000 students around Chile were disrupted in some cities by fresh protests over inequality and elitism, with some students blocking access to test sites and burning exam papers.
Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Mendoza province up in arms to defend its water resources from the mining industry

The government of the wine-producing province of Mendoza, suspended the rule of the mining law 7.722 that had given the green light for chemicals such as cyanide and sulfuric acid to be used by the industry, but which threaten the water resources of that territory.
Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Riots, turmoil and the Argentine Peso, a tremendous toll for tourism in Chile

Research undertaken by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics firm, which analyses 17 million flight bookings and 7 million flight searches a day, has revealed that the recent riots in Chile have taken a tremendous toll on tourism to the country.
Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Lower electricity and transport fares help to keep inflation almost unchanged in turbulent Chile

Chilean consumer prices barely budged amid unrest in November, the government said on Friday, with inflationary pressure from a downward spiraling peso offset by one-time cuts in electricity rates and public transportation fares.
Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Chilean economy contracts 3.4% during October compared to a year ago

Chile's economy contracted 3.4% in October from the same month a year ago, the central bank said, posting the single biggest drop in a decade as weeks of violent protests began sending shockwaves through the Chilean economy.
Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:29 UTC
3 reasons why Latin America has erupted in protests

From Chile to Venezuela and Bolivia to Nicaragua, it’s no understatement to say that Latin America is on fire.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Bolsonaro minister “military scare” phrase backfires and forces an apology

Two of Brazil’s former presidents, a chief justice and heads of both chambers of Congress repudiated the country’s economy minister for saying the government might take draconian steps if leftist opponents stirred up protests such as those in Chile.