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Boston: Emergency Protest in Solidarity with Chilean Students |
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by Student Solidarity
Email: ichinich (nospam) gmail.com (unverified!) |
08 Aug 2011
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Hundreds of Chilean high school and university students have been arrested during protests against neoliberal reforms and cuts to public education throughout the country. President Sebastián Piñera has responded by declaring the protests illegal and violently repressing the students and their supporters. Piñera is the first right-wing President of Chile since the fascist dictatorship of Pinochet from 1973-1990, and the repression faced by students looks more and more like the crack-downs of 35 years ago than a real democracy. |
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Tuesday, August 9 · 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Boston Chilean Consulate
1 Bernardo O'Higgins Circle
Brighton, Massachusetts
Hundreds of Chilean high school and university students have been arrested during protests against neoliberal reforms and cuts to public education throughout the country. President Sebastián Piñera has responded by declaring the protests illegal and violently repressing the students and their supporters. Piñera is the first right-wing President of Chile since the fascist dictatorship of Pinochet from 1973-1990, and the repression faced by students looks more and more like the crack-downs of 35 years ago than a real democracy. |
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