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October 28, 2011

Chilean Student Movement Predicts Downfall of Chilean President 
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In Chile, student protest leader Camila Vallejo predicted Thursday the
movement will lead to the downfall of President Sebastian Pinera. The
protesters say Chile's education system is profit-driven and provides
poor instruction. The billionaire Pinera is the first conservative
president to rule Chile since democracy returned in 1990 after Gen.
Augusto Pinochet's bloody dictatorship. In recent months, Camila Vallejo
has emerged as the face of the student movement.

Camila Vallejo: "We are at a difficult time, knowing we have to resist
with unity and trying to generate some fissures. But the fight will last
much longer and it's important to temper our expectations. We have very
high expectations. We must think in terms of short, medium and long
term, because what we've achieved with movement is very nice. We've
proposed deep changes, structural changes to build a better society."



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