The riots were reported on around the world, yet all seemed to lead with the ‘angry teenagers’ headlines. It culminated with history’s original Sept. 11 attack -- a violent American-aided coup on that date in 1973 that led to Allende’s death, the empowerment of military dictator Augusto Pinochet, and a reign of terror in which at least 3,000 and perhaps many more political opponents were murdered or “disappeared,” soccer stadiums became concentration camps for thousands, and many were brutally tortured. November 4, 2019 On October 14, 2019 Santiago, Chile erupted in revolution related to an ever-increasing pressure on those struggling just to make ends meet by the rich and powerful of the country. Those teenagers who were protesting? What they did over the next three years -- starting with the CIA-backed assassination of a Chilean general in 1970 -- was one of the bloodiest and most morally unconscionable chapters in the history of U.S. foreign relations. The media seem to have misplaced this footage, but luckily with the magic of social media their atrocities are public for all to see. I want more living history! Kids! I earned my new nickname of Forrest Gump as I once again managed to find myself in one of history’s seminal moments. Chile is just the latest Latin American country to erupt in protests and violence. While there have been significant protest movements over income inequality (Occupy Wall Street) and its symptoms (the March for Our Lives, climate strikes, the Women’s March), the last few years have shown that Americans remain a people who pin a lot of our hopes, for better or worse, on the ballot box, not on the street. So what’s the craic with this Team Fraytrain anyhow. Share. And what about Chile’s rival for income inequality, the United States? Learn how your comment data is processed. Lebanon. I’m no Chilean historian, nor do I claim to be an expert on the country. Problems in Chile are not a new phenomenon. A ukulele is the perfect instrument for travellers. The top 8% earn more than the bottom 60% combined. New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-627-2994 E-mail: [email protected] I’d booked a 3-week session where I’d learn the fine art of goat farming. They already get screwed, receiving around 30% of their working wage when they retire which is widely believed to be the cause of the rise of elderly suicide. ... Chile, on December 02, 2019. A Worldwide Revolution Is Underway. If the investment goes bad, bye bye pension money. More than a dozen subway stations burned. Its free-market model has driven down poverty from 31 percent in 2000 to 6.4 percent in 2017, according to the World Bank, and made the copper-rich Andean nation the highest-ranked countryin Latin Ameri… The headquarters of the energy company, the one that had just hiked up the prices 20% (despite already making millions in profits), was also set ablaze. The government of President Sebastián Piñera responded with a repressive crackdown, then a retreat of rolling back the fare, announcing new measures for the working class, and lifting a curfew. The Milton Friedmans and the James Buchanans of this world were able to get away for decades with their ridiculous theories that freedom for billionaires would eventually trickle down dollars on regular folks -- until the day we woke up and discovered we didn’t even have enough change for the subway. Other targets were banks and supermarkets. The pension system that everyone pays into is used as a slush fund for private investors (3 of the 6 pension companies are owned by American companies). Correction, Dec. 19, 2019: This article originally misstated the translation of #RenunciaPiñera as “renounce Piñera” and #ChileDespierta as “Chile … The quote chosen for this mural was from a speech by the iconic Chilean president Salvador Allende: “Since my youth I have fought against prejudice and obsolete political systems. Aside from a u-turn on the Metro price increase he refuses to address any of the deeper underlying social issues which led to this tragedy. At first, students began protesting by hopping turnstiles and dodging the fare, chanting: “Evading, not paying, another way of fighting!” But things escalated. What these advisers told Pinochet will sound familiar to Americans who’ve watched the parallel rise of the Koch brothers (who also worked closely with Buchanan) after their influence over the GOP here at home: privatization of government programs, from old-age pensions to municipal water, school vouchers, and encouraging private health insurance for those with higher incomes that undermined the medical safety net for the poor. Some on social media claim that “Latin America is finally waking up” to the corruption and social inequality, yet speaking with locals on the ground you get a different, more pessimistic response. | Will Bunch, Corporate America freaks out over Elizabeth Warren, Unbelievable: Failed smears only make Elizabeth Warren stronger as new Dem front-runner | Will Bunch, California residents do not sell my data request. I do know that people are being brutalised on the streets of Chile and the global media are turning a blind eye. You pay through the nose for it. » READ MORE: Unbelievable: Failed smears only make Elizabeth Warren stronger as new Dem front-runner | Will Bunch. The vivid images we now see on the streets of Santiago -- the daytime throngs and the nighttime hellscape of fire and tear gas haze -- are the inevitable result of a society built upon a foundation of unfairness. Why was I in Chile? When the President announces “We are at war” and that the protestors are “The enemy of the people” (gosh, where’ve I heard that phrase before?) SANTIAGO, Chile — The suddenness of the protests, the anger that spilled onto the streets every day, might have been surprising anywhere. | Will Bunch. As Sen. Elizabeth Warren rises in the Democratic polls and her ideological cousin Sen. Bernie Sanders enjoys something of a bounce back, the chances are growing in the United States for a political revolution that could undo Chicago Boys-style governance here at home, without damaging any subway stations in the process. Chile has — at least from afar — been heralded as a regional success story for its solid governance and investor-friendly environment. During that time I got a crash course on the current problems in Chile mixed in with a poignant history lesson. “Beyond data,” wrote Francisca Skoknic in The Nation, “the feeling among a large swath of the Chilean population is that rich people get special privileges and that private companies with high profits control their day to day life.”. Picture taken November 2, 2019. If you watch the majority of mainstream news then that would appear to be the case. Haiti. Just as a tourist, prices in Chile are expensive! Chilean people protest against the government of President Sebastián Piñera on December 20, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. The country, billed as the most stable in Latin America, has that stability built on a foundation of misery and repression. Hong Kong. In 2019, as an autumn of popular uprisings erupts around the globe, the most dramatic revolution of the moment is taking place in the shadows of the towering mountains of Chile, where as many as a million people flood the streets of capital city Santiago by day, and harrowing street battles have erupted at night. SANTIAGO, Chile – Protests and violence in Chile spilled over into a new day and raged into Sunday night despite the president cancelling a subway fare hike that has prompted violent demonstrations. And now, Chile. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. So all the problems in Chile were purely down to an increase in Metro tickets? November 6, 2019 Two ways to read the story. That’s just a flavour. Quick Read; Deep Read ( 7 Min. ) Problems in Chile 2019 – A Chilean revolution? In 1970, the people of Chile chose a more socialist path and democratically elected a left-wing president, Salvador Allende. Medical care? Its magnitude was 9.6 degrees on the Richter logarithmic scale, which has a maximum of 10. The 4th Democratic debate showed Elizabeth Warren is now a front-runner, ‘September Days’: Inside the movement to bring Hong Kong-style protests to America | Will Bunch, Hong Kong protesters should wave dollar bills, not U.S. flag, so NBA, Trump will pay attention | Will Bunch, From Baghdad to Kyiv to Haiti, people everywhere are rising up. Who knows. 03/11/2019 22/10/2019 by Adam Fraiel. Oct. 22, 2019 A protest in Santiago, Chile, on Monday after a weekend of riots and clashes with soldiers and police that left 11 dead. After taking the advice of America’s conservative economics professors for decades, Chile now has -- according to one survey -- the world’s highest level of income inequality. The U.S. is a big part of the problem. Cristobal … No. If they pay off, the dividends go to the wealthy shareholders. Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and small outbreaks in Argentina are all hotspots. An average shop will cost the equivalent of a European shopping trip. Economy, finance, and budgets The turmoil in Chile satisfies old Marxists who, always looking for the next revolution, have set their hopes on Santiago. Oct. 21, 2019 at 7:10 a.m. EDT “It’s not about 30 pesos. pic.twitter.com/SQ9NoMQC33. That evening the people took to the streets and destroyed around 50 Metro stations. All are now officially under a state of emergency. I’ve not seen one front page or ‘breaking news’ headline detailing the atrocities. The United States. Out of the top 30 wealthiest countries in the world, Chile ranks number 1 for inequality. Chileans debate in the streets in 'first act of revolution' to determine their future. A subway fare hike that -- converted to U.S. money -- amounts to less than 5 cents. The Chilean revolution. The problems in Chile don’t look like ending anytime soon. Live rounds being fired at protestors, bloody lifeless bodies being dragged by their feet and cars ramming into protestors. In 2019, as an autumn of popular uprisings erupts around the globe, the most dramatic revolution of the moment is taking place in the shadows of the towering mountains of Chile, where as many as a million people flood the streets of capital city Santiago by day, and harrowing street battles have erupted at night. Clearly I wasn’t content with witnessing the collapse of Venezuela, the fall of the Argentinean economy, the biggest forest fire in Amazonian history to name a few. Listen. The protests quickly spread to other cities – Concepcion, Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Chillan, Punta Arenas, Talca, Temuco and Valdivia. And so they’re also on the streets in Baghdad, in Port-au-Prince, in Beirut, in Hong Kong, and to some extent in dozens of other nations, in both democracies and dictatorships. Ecuador. This means more curfews. I was briefly transported to an alternative universe, not the reality-based world where Kissinger was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and became the respected 90-something elder of American foreign policy, consulted and revered by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. But Allende and his populist reforms weren’t popular with one group: U.S. corporations like ITT, Pepsi and Anaconda Copper, and they leaned heavily on a friend in the White House, Richard Nixon, and his chief foreign policy architect Henry Kissinger, to do something. That was almost literally true in 2011 when an unknown street vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire to protest corruption and government harassment, and triggered the Arab Spring, a series of uprisings that roiled an entire region and inspired movements like Spain’s Indignados and Occupy Wall Street. Anti-government demonstrators are sprayed by a police water cannon during a protest in Santiago, Chile, on Saturday.Chile has been facing days of unrest, triggered by a relatively minor increase in subway fares. The leftist media, in turn, fuel the revolutionary mood by framing the story as a revolt of the poor against neoliberalism—including rule of law and free-market … But to massive numbers of Chileans, those 30 extra pesos were literally the last straw, and not just because transit fares in the South American nation had doubled in 12 years to take a toll on lower-income families. Demonstrators clash with riot police during protests in Valparaiso, Chile, on October 20, 2019. What set off this political conflagration? The biggest fires are always started by the tiniest spark. If there is a revolution will the corrupt be replaced by a saviour or just another dictator in the making? A demonstrator holds up his hands toward advancing soldiers during a protest as a state of emergency remains in effect in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 20, 2019. By itself this isn’t unusual around the world – in the UK students carry their student debt for years after qualifying and the US healthcare system is madness. Kissinger said "make the economy scream"https://t.co/dQgoW4OBfl. ... An estimated one million people have joined a peaceful protest march in Chile's capital, calling on the government to tackle inequality. A quick search for the hashtags #Chileprotests, #ChileResiste and #ChileDespierto reveal a level of brutality that will turn your stomach. © 2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC Terms of Use/Privacy Policy/California Notice California residents do not sell my data request. The people will get angry, small changes will be made then they’ll forget.” They’re the words of multiple older people I spoke to in Chile, Argentina and Brazil. close. Throw in a recent 20% hike in energy prices and you get a clearer picture of the problems in Chile. Americans should be paying a lot closer attention to all of this -- and not just because 50-plus years of U.S. meddling in a capital some 5,000 miles south of Washington have played a key role in getting things to this point. ), things rarely go to plan. That evening, with the increase in Metro fares, the poor camel’s back was destroyed. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University and writes for the blog Marginal Revolution. For his sordid role in all of this, Henry Kissinger was investigated, then arrested in handcuffs and flown to The Hague, where he stood trial for crimes against huma ... oops, I’m sorry. Having spent over 2 months in Paraguay I needed to leave to renew my visa, plus I found an awesome sounding host through Worldpackers.com. They gamble the money on investments. As I said before, the price hike on Metro tickets was the final straw. I imagine that the tortured (in too many cases, literally) history of U.S.-Chile relations is not well known to many younger voters. I arrived on the morning of Friday 18th October 2019. That’s because you don’t need to fly a helicopter over the streets of Santiago to see that there’s a lot more of us than there are of them. Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Chile. Demonstrators display flags and banners during a protest against President Sebastian Piñera on Oct. 21, 2019 in Santiago, Chile, as … It was a fantastic opportunity which I’d been looking forward to for months. When I booked my 44-hour bus journey from Asuncion to Santiago I presumed the worst thing to happen would be a numb bum. One thing is beyond dispute, however: An economy that largely turned to free-market conservatism in tandem with the United States has managed to not only mirror but exceed our wealth gap. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. In recent weeks, Wall Street and other big-money political funders have run to their favorite journalists -- who’ve responded with headlines like Politico’s “Corporate America freaks out over Elizabeth Warren” -- and floated delusional, desperation theories that some benevolent billionaire like former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg or some other plutocrat could still enter the 2020 race at 11:58 and somehow save their pampered skins. Column October 31, 2019. Here at home, a rising cadre of prominent right-wing economists saw not horror in Pinochet’s dictatorship but an opportunity -- a chance to test their radical free-market ideas without hindrance from pesky left-wing politicians or labor leaders who had almost magically disappeared from the scene in Chile. When I arrived to discover my Airbnb had cancelled on me, that was an annoyance but it didn’t spoil my day. “This is just another cycle. 26 October 2019. Another under-the-radar American adviser to Chile was University of Virginia Nobel laureate and ultra-conservative James Buchanan, who (as chronicled in Nancy MacLean’s remarkable Democracy in Chains) developed an economic regime of “individual liberty” that favored individuals who were very wealthy and, even more incredibly, was first developed as a stealth way for Southerners to fight school integration after 1954′s Brown v. Board of Education. That’s in addition to social unease over fewer opportunities for Chile’s browner-skinned indigenous and mixed-race people, often packed into outskirts barrios. Yet the media still seem to gloss over it. ... Chile November 2, 2019. » READ MORE: From Baghdad to Kyiv to Haiti, people everywhere are rising up. And yet this nonviolent revolution still has America’s billionaire class in a total panic. A demonstrator is detained by the police during a protest in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, October 19, 2019. Share page. Anthony Esposito, Carlos Serrano. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. “Ninety-seven percent of the people I know in my world are really, really fearful of her,” billionaire Michael Novogratz told Bloomberg (heh) News recently of Warren, but the wealthy acknowledge that every time they attack Warren, Sanders, or their proposals such as a wealth tax to fund social programs like universal prekindergarten, eliminating college debt or universal health care, it only makes the chances for their victory stronger. Santiago – Chile has been gripped by protests against high living costs and inequality for nearly two weeks. Thousands of troops were deployed onto the streets, tanks rolled down highways and tear gas was fired like confetti. (Marcelo Hernandez / Getty Images) Our new issue, “Failure Is an Option,” is out now. it’s not surprising that the army are acting without a shred of humanity. The media continue to report the use of tear gas and water cannons while the soldiers continue to shoot and beat their own countrymen. President Pinera claims “We are at war against a powerful enemy” while demonising and vilifying the protestors. I found a nearby hostel, checked in, finally lay in a comfortable bed and then… and then the country went to s##t! What’s different is the inequality in Chile. Practically anything else? I’m just a travel writer who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Those who’ve spent time in Chile or written about it say the sense of inequality and resentment is palpable. Problems in Chile are not a new phenomenon. No wonder this nation’s billionaire oligarchs are so worried about the 2020 elections. Just a bunch of kids spitting their dummy out and causing chaos. Even the former leaders of the 2006 Penguin Revolution This is in reference to Pinochet. The fires may have started in the shadow of the Andes, but you can already smell the smoke up on Wall Street. Iraq. Protestors ripped the wood from nearby fences and set them ablaze in the middle of the street. Hundreds of Chilean teenagers have spent the last few weeks protesting the country's version of the SAT. You want an education? But the warm and fuzzy relationship between Washington and the brutal, authoritarian government of Pinochet, who remained in power into the 1990s, allowed for a lesser-known chapter that’s highly relevant for today’s moment of rising unrest. The fare hike touched off much deeper anxieties about income inequality in a nation often held up as an economic success story because of its rapidly rising gross domestic product (GDP), yet has seen much of that wealth flow to a narrow sliver at the top. Who knows. The final straw for me came when the fires reached 1 block from my hostel. As the helicopter flys over Santiago, Chile, people appear to stretch for more than a mile. It actually turned out to be a lifesaver. Santiago Gets Louder 2019, 06/10/2019. One recent study found that the top 0.1 percent in Chilean society earn 19.5 percent of the nation’s income, the kind of stat that makes a mockery of “good” GDP numbers. On October 18, 2019, Chilean society exploded as it had never done, unleashing social energy accumulated by decades … Almost all ‘public’ services in Chile are privatised. Yet the Chilean economy was not strong when “the Chicago boys” held full sway, but it did achieve impressive GDP growth once Pinochet fell out of favor and a period of center-left rule returned some government role to the economy. ... Puerto Rico. It would be quite the story if this were just happening in Chile, but people are rising up everywhere -- over inequality, austerity measures that only target the poor and working class, and government corruption that robs everyday folks for the benefit of elites. The country, billed as the most stable in Latin America, has that stability built on a … — Tamara Qiblawi (@tamaraqiblawi) October 18, 2019 It was the straw that broke the camel's back. The U.S. is a big part of the problem. That was too close for comfort so I left the next day. What started as students jumping turnstiles and refusing to pay quickly turned nasty. Just like Puerto Rico.Just like Hong Kong.Just like Chile.The people of Lebanon refuse to give up.This is Day 10. pic.twitter.com/8YTWfqDLfG. 2 on that list? Blame seemed to be placed firmly on the protestors with absolutely ZERO coverage of the extreme, horrific response from the military. Beaten, kicked and dragged through the streets by fully armed military personnel. In 1960 Chile was shaken by the largest earthquake ever recorded before. Students are paying off their debts for the next 10 to 15 years while people who require medical treatment will too be paying it off for years to come. They ought to be terrified. The economists who ran Chile’s economy during the Pinochet era were called “the Chicago Boys” because of their close ties to the University of Chicago and its free-market guru Milton Friedman, who famously said he didn’t see the “evil” in simply giving economic advice to a violent right-wing dictator. Wow. They don’t see this as a mass awakening… just another part of the endless cycle of corruption, outrage and repeat that plagues Latin America. The fires raged long into the night, starting a conflict that rages on to this day. As with most things travel-related (or is it just me? 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