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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 06:22 PM Mar 2013

Scenes from the inferno in Chile as students clash with police (0:45)

Scenes from the inferno in Chile as students clash with police (0:45)

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: The streets of Chile's capital, Santiago, resembled a war zone in the early hours of Saturday as demonstrators clashed with police through the night after marking the "Day of the Young Combatant". Protesters launched missiles at police and set fire to armored police vehicles using molotov cocktails, transforming some streets into what resembled a fiery inferno# Police responded with tear gas and deployed water cannon in a bid to disperse the protesters# Dozens of students were detained in the clashes which began on Friday afternoon# A number of social organizations in Chile recognize March 29 as the "Day of the Young Combatant" in memory of two young brothers, Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Toledo, who were killed by police in a 1985 demonstration against the 1973-1990 Augusto Pinochet dictatorship# Violent street protests are common occurrence in Chile#

http://uk#reuters#com/video/2013/03/30/scenes-from-the-inferno-in-chile-as-stud?rpc=401&videoId=241925040&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=LatestVideosUK&rpc=401&videoChannel=75

What did the Pinera-supporting voters, knowing Pinera is a Pinochet supporter, EXPECT when Pinera was voted into office? His popularity has been scraping the bottom of the graphs throughout. He is not respected, nor liked, even.

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Scenes from the inferno in Chile as students clash with police (0:45) (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2013 OP
Fixed link: Ptah Mar 2013 #1
Thank you. I hadn't tested it. Sorry. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #2
It was easy. Thanks for finding the story. Ptah Mar 2013 #3
K&R idwiyo Mar 2013 #4
The video on YT Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #5
Tremendous! I couldn't figure out how to get the link I had over here. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #6
I thought as bad as the protestors were tossing firebombs on them. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #7
Impressive video. ocpagu Mar 2013 #8

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
6. Tremendous! I couldn't figure out how to get the link I had over here.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 09:49 PM
Mar 2013

That really is an improvement.

They really disabled that vehicle, somewhat!

You have to wonder if the cops are holding back due to the bloodbath the Chilean forces already gave to the population well within memory of a lot of people living now. I wonder if it is keeping them from going full bull goose looney on the protesters, as they used to do, as they beat them, tortured them, and murdered them in the past.

Thank you for the video implant in this thread.

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