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Students and workers marched through Santiago on Thursday afternoon.
University students marched through the streets of downtown Santiago on Thursday afternoon — joined by workers fighting for education rights they were never able to enjoy, and children and teenagers who hope to benefit from them in the future.
Though the march ended in violent opposition, it proceeded peacefully from Plaza Italia as it wove its way through the city via Santiago’s main thoroughfare, Alameda, before turning north on Mac Iver.
When it ended at Estación Mapocho, protesters gathered for musical performances and speeches from prominent members of the education rights movement. Crowd estimates varied widely between organizers and the Carabineros — Chile’s uniformed police — with the Universidad de Chile Student Federation (Fech) estimating 80,000 and the latter only 25,000.
“We descended on the streets, the students with the workers, to fight for a worthwhile education that offers real opportunities,” Luciano Barra, a university student, told The Santiago Times. “We hope that [education] can be financed with the nationalization of copper.”
The march marked the publication of an open letter that education leaders say concretely lays out their demands for change to the education system, according to Fech President Andrés Fielbaum.
“The document principally is an invitation to all of Chile, from the housewives to the students to the presidential candidates, to raise these demands in their own way and to build a new education,” Fielbaum told The Santiago Times.
University students marched through the streets of downtown Santiago on Thursday afternoon — joined by workers fighting for education rights they were never able to enjoy, and children and teenagers who hope to benefit from them in the future.
Though the march ended in violent opposition, it proceeded peacefully from Plaza Italia as it wove its way through the city via Santiago’s main thoroughfare, Alameda, before turning north on Mac Iver.
When it ended at Estación Mapocho, protesters gathered for musical performances and speeches from prominent members of the education rights movement. Crowd estimates varied widely between organizers and the Carabineros — Chile’s uniformed police — with the Universidad de Chile Student Federation (Fech) estimating 80,000 and the latter only 25,000.
“We descended on the streets, the students with the workers, to fight for a worthwhile education that offers real opportunities,” Luciano Barra, a university student, told The Santiago Times. “We hope that [education] can be financed with the nationalization of copper.”
The march marked the publication of an open letter that education leaders say concretely lays out their demands for change to the education system, according to Fech President Andrés Fielbaum.
“The document principally is an invitation to all of Chile, from the housewives to the students to the presidential candidates, to raise these demands in their own way and to build a new education,” Fielbaum told The Santiago Times.
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