By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero
SANTIAGO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Chile’s capital Santiago has been singed by hearth. In riots sparked by anger over fare hikes, masked and hooded protesters have torched buses, metro stations, supermarkets, banks and the high-rise headquarters of a significant power agency.
Across the metropolis, flames and smoke blended with tear fuel and water cannon spray as armed forces mobilized on the streets for the primary time in nearly 30 years in a rustic that also shudders on the reminiscence of army rule.
Fare-dodging protests largely by faculty youngsters and college students exploded into violent riots on Friday. Amid the looting, arson and clashes, hundreds of residents of wealthy and poor neighborhoods alike additionally took to the streets to specific a extra widespread discontent over rising dwelling prices and patchy public providers that’s boiling beneath the floor of one among South American’s wealthiest and most liberal economies.
The demonstrations unfold across the nation over the weekend, and there was little signal of tempers cooling.
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