House & Transport
One of the biggest squats in Santiago in danger of eviction
One of the most important squats in santiago, República 550 is going to be evicted in the next days. This house was a place used as a represion center in the Pinochet’s goverment and then the state didnt find a use for the bulding, however the state now wants it and after two years they [...]
Public Transport Workers Strike
And they won.
Liceo de Aplicación: Taken
Students of one of the best public high schools in Santiago took their school to protest against LGE, LOCE, the new penality law for youth and the price of the public transport.
And another demo against Transantiago
Downtown Santiago hold another demo against the new public transport plan, Transantiago. Around 500 people gathered to protest and walk like for an hour in the Paseo Ahumada Boulevard street. Riot police attacked the croud with water canons when they tried to interrupt the traffic of the Bernardo O’higgins Avenue… but but but no arrests [...]
Protest outside Transport Ministery
Around 20 people gathered outside the Transports and Telecomunications Ministery to protest against Transantiago and deliver a letter to the current Minister, Sergio Espejo. Police repressed the meeting arresting 5.
PLOP! A new demo against transantiago
I have been away for a couple of months. In Santiago there is a new public transport system called Transantiago. Well, the public transport in Santiago sucked, but this new one is not heaven:
the pay with cash is deprecated, now you have to buy a card. if you lose the card, you lose all money. [...]
Santiago’s Banks Collapsed
A new way of protest was made of people who can’t afford to pay the price of their house to the state or to some banks… they entered at the same time.
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