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May 15, 2015

Chile: 2 Students Shot Dead amid Protests for Free Education 
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In Chile, two students have been shot dead in the port city of
Valparaiso amid mass protests demanding a greater voice in education
reforms promised by President Michelle Bachelet. Chilean media reports
the students were spraying graffiti and putting up posters when they
were shot and killed by the property owner's son. Police say they have
arrested the alleged shooter, and Chile's interior minister has denied
police played any role in the killings. The protests are part of a
years-long campaign to end the privatized education system imposed under
the U.S.-backed Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. In the capital
Santiago, organizers said 150,000 people took to the streets, while
police fired water cannon at protesters.

 

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