Tag: students

• Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:35 UTC

  Chilean president Piñera approval rating experiences slight recovery

  

  The approval rating of Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera rose to 31% over the month of October according the results released by Chilean polling company, Adimark on Monday. While that figure represents an improvement of only one percentage point from last month’s poll, it confirms that the president has arrested the downward trend that saw him fall to his lowest approval rating of 27% in August’s Adimark poll.

• 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.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 21:53 UTC

  Military draft for 57.000 18-year olds in Chile, alleging students’ disruption

  

  Chile is giving nearly 57.000 18-year-olds one month to report for potential military duty, saying the government needs to fill gaps in its armed forces because a nationwide student protest movement has reduced the number of volunteers it usually gets.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  Mock referendum in Chile confirms massive support for education reform

  

  A massive turnout of voters (‘hundreds of thousands’) responded in support of a non binding plebiscite organized by the Chilean professors union in the midst of the students conflict, one of the most serious challenges faced by any Chilean government since the return of democracy in 1990.

• 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.

• Saturday, October 1st 2011 - 05:46 UTC

  Piñera promises 7.2% of GDP for education trying to calm protesting students

  

  The Chilean government proposed a 5% increase in public spending and a 7.2% gain in education outlays next year as it tries to end four months of protests that have seen a quarter of a million students miss classes and weekly battles with the police.

• 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.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Decisive day for striking students and Chile’s class oriented education system

  

  Thursday’s march by Chilean striking students and their supporters may signal an end to an unprecedented four months of student unrest – if the number of demonstrators proves to be small.

• Saturday, September 10th 2011 - 06:41 UTC

  “Politics in my country needs major reform” say 82% of Chilean 20 to 29 youth

  

  Impassioned youth across Chile have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands this year to demand radical education reform. Yet four months in, the students are no longer just talking about education costs and access.

• 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.