Protests in Chile Leave Three Dead, Capital and Two Provinces Under State of Emergency - News Summed Up

Protests in Chile Leave Three Dead, Capital and Two Provinces Under State of Emergency


SANTIAGO, Chile—Protests and looting in what had until now been Latin America’s most prosperous, stable country led to three deaths Sunday and spread beyond the capital, even after President Sebastián Piñera said that the increase in subway fares that sparked the unrest would be canceled. Three people were found dead in a supermarket in the San Bernardo district of Santiago after looters sacked and torched the store, authorities said. Protests and the ransacking of stores spread from this capital of 6.7 million to the cities...


Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2019 00:22 UTC



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