News The Chilean government says the latest of numerous student protests that have swept Chile for more than a year was the most violent to date. A report by Interior Undersecretary Rodrigo Ubilla says 472 demonstrators were detained in yesterday’s protest by tens of thousands of high school and college students who... more

News Tens of thousands of Chilean students have taken to the streets of Santiago to demand free education in the country’s latest in a series of strikes, this one evolving into the biggest protest so far this year. Chile is the only country in Latin America that charges for university education, and... more

News Despite more than a year of mass protests that raised hopes across Chile for education reform, few students have seen any real benefits. Politicians and students have hardened their positions, but the system is still rife with poor quality public schools, expensive private universities, unprepared teachers, and banks that profit... more

News Chile’s Senate approved the government’s 2012 education budget late last week after 29 hours of debate in a vote in which the center-left opposition abstained. Students who have been protesting for more than six months for greater funding and reforms to the education system opposed the budget put forward by President... more

News More than six months after they launched nationwide protests to reform education in Chile, student activists have won widespread public support and inspired similar actions in other parts of South America–but they have not brought about any of the major changes they say are needed to save their schools, including greater... more

News Students and other protesters in interrupted a Senate committee meeting today to demand a popular referendum on how to resolve Chile’s social problems, especially education. The occupation of the Senate headquarters came just hours after riot police violently evicted protesters from the current Congress building in Chile’s port city of Valparaiso. Senate... more

News Chilean students have erected fiery blockades in major streets of the capital and clashed with police on the first day of a two-day national strike to demand that the government reform the education system. Students protests in Chlie have been ongoing for more than five months around demands for free public education... more

News Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student protest for free public education yesterday, just hours after protesters’ talks with the government collapsed. A huge deployment of riot police surrounded students in the Plaza Italia, a traditional gathering place in the capital city of Santiago. Protesters hurled... more