These protests are part of a weeks-long agitation by tens of thousands of people against the economic policies of the government led by Sebastián Piñera.
On October 25, one million people took to the streets of Santiago, the largest ever mass protests in Chile's history. These protests are part of a weeks-long agitation by tens of thousands of people against the economic policies of the government led by Sebastián Piñera. We take a look at these policies and the transport fare hike that was the immediate trigger for these protests.