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Chilean authorities respond with violence amid renewed calls for President to resign
People take part in a street performance to protest a ceremony marking Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's second year in office, outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday
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CHILEAN authorities responded violently to mass protests yesterday.
The protests came amid renewed calls for the resignation of right-wing President Sebastian Pinera as the country marked 30 years since the fall of the Pinochet regime.
Police used tear gas against the crowds, which consisted of large numbers of students who hold Mr Pinera responsible for human rights abuses and the torture of opponents committed during last year’s anti-government mobilisations.
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