SANTIAGO: More than one million people took to the streets in Chile Friday for the largest protests in a week of deadly demonstrations demanding economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera. With unity and help from God, we will travel the road towards a Chile that is better for all,” he said. But the violence has still been the worst since Chile returned to democracy after Pinochet’s right-wing dictatorship. Soldiers have been guarding Santiago’s metro stations as three of the seven lines — which usually carry three million people per day — have reopened. The government said on Thursday that next month’s APEC trade summit in Santiago would go ahead despite the protests.

Source: Pakistan Today October 26, 2019 02:48 UTC