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The International Marxist Tendency has warned from day one that the government of Gabriel Boric has been marching to the drumbeat of the right. As early as the second round of the presidential elections in 2021, we denounced his populist use of immigration and public security issues in the campaign. With this repressive agenda, he aims to win the support of moderate or depoliticised layers of society and draw them away from the right. Ultimately, this merely adds grist to the mill of the far rig...

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator prepares to throw a molotov bomb toward riot police vehicles during a protest commemorating "El dia del joven combatiente" (Day of the Young Combatant) in Santiago, Chile Ma

Santiago, Mar 29 (EFE).- Chilean police arrested 36 people Wednesday during protests on the Day of the Young Combatant, which commemorates the 1985 murder of two militants by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship. The largest demonstration took place here in the capital, where a crowd comprising mainly high school students marched down La Alameda, the …

Author Statue covered in paint and flags during a protest at Santiagio’s Plaza Italia square. Santiago, Chile – December 6, 2019. Roberto Baeza / Shutterstock.com Over the past year and a half, Chile has been making global headlines. Beginning in October, 2019, a wave of historic insurrections swept the country. Kicked off by high school students protesting against a transportation fare hike in Santiago, the cycle of struggle reached a new milestone one year later with an overwhelming vo...