Student protesters march on to root out Chile's false profits. Movement demands increase in low levels of state investment in the academy.
Paul Jump reports Credit: Getty Red flag: officials from the government have claimed that the student movement has been hijacked by the extreme Left while protesters have complained of police heavy-handedness greeting their demonstrations. Chilean students protest after 'failed talks' - Americas. Thousands of students have marched in the streets of the Chilean capital after talks between their representatives and government officials failed to meet students' demands.
Several people, including reporters, were injured in Thursday's march after police tried to disperse the protesters in Santiago's Plaza Italia using water cannons and tear gas. Camila Vallejo, the spokeswoman for leaders of students at 25 state universities, called the violence unprecedented, even after five months of confrontations between students and police. The protest comes one day after a five-hour-long meeting with Felipe Bulnes, the education minister, in an attempt to put an end to the almost daily protests over education-related reforms. But Vallejo said that government officials showed "no real willingness to build a free public education, of quality and democracy for everyone". Student Movement Rocks Chile.