“Se encuentra Piñera en una reunión en Bolivia y Evo le presenta al Ministro de Marina. Piñera exclama: “¿Ministro de Marina?” Pero si ustedes no tienen mar! Y Evo le contesta: “Bueno, ustedes tienen Ministro de Justicia y Educación …”
— Heh. (via.)
Another photo related to the students interrupting the meeting with F. Bulnes, the Education Minister.
(via.)
Extraordinary video related to the photos we grabbed off the live stream the other day.
As ADN reports — “The Education Minister, Felipe Bulnes, had to be escorted out of the former National Congress building in Santiago after being sharply rebuked by a group of students who took the premises of Parliament, holding a meeting with parliamentarians.”
Here’s the Beeb’s take on the story.
Chilean students overwhelm a security guard with hugs as they enter the Congreso Nacional.
For the full video, here.
On the live stream just now, Chilean students appear to have interrupted a committee meeting. They’re chanting, “Plebiscito! Plebiscito!”
Students occupy Senate facilities — the Congreso Nacional, if I heard correctly — in Santiago, Chile. (Live stream.)
From today’s marches in Chile — via.
Also — here’s a video of CONFECH in Paris inviting people out to protest yesterday.
(h/t Elizabeth.)
Here’s some extra stuff that didn’t make it into the final draft of the Global Voices article:
1. The video above. It features a fight between the super heroes and villains of education.
2. The interview between Harald Beyer and Giorgio Jackson.
3. A cartoon battle royal between Vallejo and Piñera.
4. http://votociudadano.cl/
5. https://sites.google.com/site/movilizados2011/
My first article for Global Voices is up — it’s on the economic and social echoes between Occupy Wall Street and the Chilean students protesting for education reform.
Take a look.
73% of Chileans disagree with the measures Cristián Labbé took in Providencia.
For background: click here.
Chilean students re-enter discussions with the Government.
This despite the government refusing to show them the education budget proposal before it goes to Congress.
Previous Chilean education coverage: here.
