3 Min Read SANTIAGO (Reuters) - General Manuel Baquedano Gonzalez, a 19th century hero of Chile’s War of the Pacific, is caught in a new battle: his statue drenched in blood-red paint and set on fire as protests reignite in the Andean country’s capital. Slideshow ( 3 images ) Positioned in Santiago’s iconic Plaza Italia, the center of protests that began in October 2019, it has become a lightning rod for anger at the establishment. It has been drenched in paint, repainted custard yellow by the authorities, daubed in graffiti, bashed with sledgehammers and set alight during protests that started in October 2019 over the high cost of living in Chile and inequality.