{"id":47133,"date":"2019-10-21T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T02:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=47133"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T02:01:47","slug":"chilean-president-reverses-public-transport-fare-hike-that-sparked-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=47133","title":{"rendered":"Chilean president reverses public transport fare hike that sparked protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/worldNews\/Chilean-president-reverses-public-transport-fare-hike-that-sparked-protests-791181?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.net\/imagelib\/pics\/96126153.295.jpg\" alt=\"Car Burning Chile Protest.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SANTIAGO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Chilean president Sebastian Pinera  announced he would reverse public transport fare hikes which had caused widespread protests in the country.<br><br>Pinera said in a national address broadcast from the presidential palace in Santiago that he had listened &#8220;with humility&#8221; to &#8220;the voice of my compatriots&#8221; and to discontent over the cost of living in one of Latin America&#8217;s wealthiest and most unequal nations.<br><br>He also announced a working group to address their concerns.<br><br>He did not call for a curfew, as some had expected.<br><br>Earlier, Pinera had announced a state of emergency as clashes with police in the capital continued and spread to other Chilean cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of National Defence, Javier Iturriaga said a total of 41 subway stations were damaged and at least 308 people were arrested, during the protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general inspector of police, Mauricio Rodriguez, added that, 11 civilians and 156 officers were injured during the protests, and 49 police vehicles were damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests started after the government raised Santiago\u2019s Metro fare during peak time from 800 to 830 Chilean pesos (from 1.13 to 1.17 U.S. dollars) on Oct 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrators argue that the increase is unjustified and that it is not consistent with the country\u2019s average wage. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTIAGO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Chilean president Sebastian Pinera announced he would reverse public transport fare hikes which had caused widespread protests in the country. Pinera said in a national address broadcast from the presidential palace in Santiago that he had listened &#8220;with humility&#8221; to &#8220;the voice of my compatriots&#8221; and to discontent over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}