SANTIAGO – Around one million Chileans protested peacefully in the capital Santiago in the biggest rallies yet since violence broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in the South American nation.
Protesters on Friday walked for miles from around Santiago to converge on Plaza Italia.
Gov. Karla Rubilar said around a million people marched in the capital – over five percent of the country’s population. Protesters elsewhere took to the streets in every major Chilean city.
The protests, which started over a hike in public transport fares last Friday, have killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds, resulted in over 7,000 arrests and caused more than $1.4 billion of losses to businesses.(Reuters)
