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A group of masked protesters took place in violent riots outside the University of Santiago de Chile in the Central Station district following a student demonstration and were dispersed...

Eleven days after it began, the fire that's consumed 75,000 acres of Torres del Paine National Park is being containged by over 800 persons and the help of rain. Parts of the park ...

Ministers met in Puerto Natales where they used satellite television to hear President Piñera's decision that Torres del Paine park would re-open to the public following a massive ...

Forest brigades, firemen and members of the armed forces try to control a fire that has been burning for a week and which has already consumed over 40,000 acres of flora and fauna of Pa...

After just over an hour of deliberation, a judge sentences the man who allegedly started the fire in Torres del Paine to be held for 90 days. The fire has already destroyed 27,000 acres...

Chilean students took to the streets again in a march protesting for a more just education system. Some outbreaks of violence took place as demonstrators clashed with riot police who u...

A March for Education in Latin America took place in the capital with as many as 20,000 students and workers marching in defense of public education. Santiago de Chile. 24th November 20...

More than 20,000 people including workers and students marched through the streets of the capital in what was termed a March for Education in Latin America. Chile. 24th November 2011

Throughout South America, students march through the streets for better and free education. The protest took a violent turn when the police sprayed water and shot tear gas. Valparaíso, ...

The Redbull Soap Race comes to La Reina. Featuring 70 teams, the event attracted more than 35,000 spectators. Santiago, Chile. 20th November 2011

The "Gay Parade Chile, Open Mind Fest", is the only electronic music event that takes place in the streets of downtown Santiago to support sexual diversity. Many colorfully d...

The College of Teachers, the Organiser of the march for education held in Santiago, stood with 40,000 demonstrators in an ongoing protest against education reforms and the current gover...

The Chilean teachers' group together with the Confederation of students of Chile called a two-day national strike for Education. Once again they are in the streets calling for a fr...

Chilean teachers, joined students and members of the public in a protest march to Congress demanding improvements in the education budget. The march ended with clashes between police an...

A disturbance that followed a march in Valparaiso as part of a new day of action for education reform, resulted in 20 arrests and three policemen injured. Damage was also caused to priv...

Students seeking a free public university education clashed with police in downtown Santiago on the second day of street protests for educational reform involving some 25,000 people. Ch...

Leaders of the students confederation of Chile, CONFECH, described as "wonderful" the call to march that saw around 200,000 join in renewed demands for education reform. Some ...

On the same day as the "outraged" marched through the streets of Santiago, more than 25,000 people also marched showing their joy of being Catholic. Chile. 15th October 2011...

More than 100 000 people attended the massive "indignados" (outraged) march on Saturday in Santiago, according to figures from the organizers. Santiago, Chile. 15th October,...

The 2011 Chilean protests or Chilean Winter are a series of ongoing student-led protests across Chile, demanding a new framework for education in Chile. Daily violence has taken place i...