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Chilean protests: ‘It’s not 30 Chilean pesos. It’s 500 years!’

Chilean protests: ‘It’s not 30 Chilean pesos. It’s 500 years!’

Denisse Sepúlveda Sánchez argues in favour of an intersectional rebellion in which Chileans re-build a country that respects indigenous culture
Chilean protests – Police violence against women and LGBTQ+

Chilean protests – Police violence against women and LGBTQ+

According to a report on human rights violations perpetrated by police during recent protests, “190 cases of sexual harassment/violence have been recorded”
Chilean protests: Violence and social control

Chilean protests: Violence and social control

With reports of police in Chile blinding people with rubber bullets and sexually assaulting detainees, Francisco Espinoza argues that people are being violently repressed because they are pushing for radical change
Chilean Protests: A history of student rebellion

Chilean Protests: A history of student rebellion

“Chile has woken up and the world is waking up” – Javier von Marées discusses the history behind the current protests in Chile
Latin America burning: What the British people can learn

Latin America burning: What the British people can learn

Joe Mason argues that we in Britain can learn a lot from the protests in Chile and Ecuador
Protests in Chile over Pablo Neruda’s legacy

Protests in Chile over Pablo Neruda’s legacy

In Chile, students, writers, and feminist campaigners have protested a decision to rename the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport to the Pablo Neruda International airport. They argue that Neruda, the renowned love poet, doesn’t deserve this celebration as he openly admitted to raping a maid in his 1977 memoir. He wrote that: “One morning, I […]

Review: Missing (1982)

A criticism of the United States government so damning it was banned from being released until 2006

López Holds Nothing Back in his New Film, Sin Filtro

Nicholas Lopez’s Sin Filtro is a wacky rollercoaster of a film with a prominent message

My Political Hero: Isabel Allende

Shanda Moorghen explains why Chilean writer Isabel Allende is her political hero…

Review: ‘De Jueves A Domingo’ at the iViva! Film Festival 2013

Parizad Mangi reviews Chilean director Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s directorial debut

‘No’

This week, our Cornerhouse Pick is Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s ‘No’

Turning up the heat: tensions rise during Chilean winter

Oliver Johnstone explores parallels between student protests in Chile and here in the UK