SANTIAGO: Chileans marching to commemorate the victims of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, 50 years after the coup d'etat that brought him to power, clashed with police on Sunday (Sep 10) and committed acts of arson in Santiago. The march through the streets of the capital to the general cemetery that ho
SANTIAGO: Chileans marching to commemorate the victims of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, 50 years after the coup d'etat that brought him to power, clashed with police on Sunday and committed acts of arson in Santiago.
But a small group of men in hoodies threw stones at the presidential palace and the police guarding it, breaking through security barriers and damaging part of the access to a cultural center in the building's basements. "Those responsible for this violence are adversaries of the government," said Manuel Monsalve, Deputy Interior Secretary, adding three police officers had been injured.The bulk of the participants, bearing Chilean flags and chanting slogans such as"Truth and justice now!" or"Allende lives," marched peacefully.
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