SANTIAGO: As many as a million Chileans protested peacefully late into the evening on Friday in the capital Santiago in the biggest rallies yet since violence broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in the South American nation. Santiago Governor Karla Rubilar said a million people marched in the capital - more than five per cent of the country’s population. Chile’s military has taken over security in Santiago, a city of 6 million people now under a state of emergency with night-time curfews as 20,000 soldiers patrol the streets. Demonstrators march with flags and signs during a protest against Chile's state economic model in Santiago, Chile October 25, 2019. While much of wealthy east Santiago has remained calm under evening lockdown, the poorer side of the city has seen widespread vandalism and looting.

Source: New Strait Times October 26, 2019 02:37 UTC