February 2012
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Chile sends energy minister to Aysén, bringing...
Movement’s leaders to discuss government’s proposals with Energy Minister Rodrigo Álvarez. The Aysén conflict has reached its key hour with the arrival of the Energy Minister Rodrigo Álvarez with a government proposal on Tuesday. After two weeks of demonstrating and continuing violence between protestors and police in the region’s capital of Coyhaique, Álvarez’ arrival meant a step forward in...
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“The next time you hear people invoking the European example to demand that we...”
– Paul Krugman, What Ails Europe? Feb. 26, 2012
Original
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Is Occupy dead?
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Juventud Chavista →
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Feeling the effects of the protests in the Aysén...
A first-hand report on the impact of the ongoing protests and gas shortage. I’m reading peacefully near the fireplace when I hear shots ring out. I look outside and see two men walking in the dark, one holding a flashlight, moving it from side to side scouring the fields with the light. The other man is carrying a rifle. A few minutes later, they return to the house holding two large hares
The...
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Road blocks, food shortages continue as Aysén wait...
Government spokesperson says government is working hard with movement’s complex proposal. Government spokesperson Andrès Chadwick said the government is working toward a quick solution to the problems in Aysén. “We have received a proposal from the social organizations on Friday together with all the information and demands,” Chadwick told Radio Cooperativa. “We have worked hard this weekend...
“There is little evidence of that.”
– The Economist, on the American fear that Iran will start launching terrorist attacks from Latin America
“Brothers in arms?”, Jan. 14th, 2012
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Aysén stand-off continues in southern Chile
Protesters await government response to proposed solutions.
The broad based social movement that took control of Chile’s southern Aysén Region two weeks ago continued pressing the government over the weekend, saying it will keep roadblocks in place and will allow only limited amounts of fuel to be distributed, mostly to basic service providers and fire stations. Fuel will not be distributed to...
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Anonymous asked: Hi this is Camila and I think you're cool. (PS. If the real Camila sees this, sorry for impersonating you. It's for a good cause though, this guy is pretty great.)
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Anonymous asked: I feel like you deserve recognition from Camila Vallejo and such folks... They should visit you and bring cookies and beer.
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Reason Magazine...
has no articles on the Chilean Student Movement
not even about how they are wrong
it’s just shit about Milton Friedman
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