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March 27, 2017

Chile: Massive Nationwide Protests Demand End to Privatized Pension System
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In Chile, hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets
nationwide to protest Chile's privatized pension system Sunday.
Protesters say the system benefits the rich while leaving the poor with
a monthly pension below the minimum wage. Activists say as many as 2
million people protested nationwide-more than 10 percent of the
country's population. This is activist Luis Mesina.

Luis Mesina: "We hope, in this large protest, to express exactly, with a
majority viewpoint, that we workers will not rest until this cursed
system, that condemns our parents and our grandparents to miserable
pensions, is ended."



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