The 2006 student protests in Chile is a series of ongoing protests carried out by high school students across Chile since late April 2006. The student leaders made a call to their pairs of all Chile so that during that day they only make cultural acts and reflective days.

The students' short term demands are free bus fare and the waiving of the university admissions test (PSU) fee, while the longer term demands include, the abolition of the Organic Constitutional Law on Teaching (LOCE), the end to municipalization of subsidized education, a reform to the Full-time School Day policy (JEC) and a quality education for all.

President addressed the nation by television and radio, announcing several new measures on education that met most of the student's demands. The president announced a 73-member presidential advisory committee —promised by Bachelet on her speech to discuss the students' long term demands— which included six seats reserved for high school students. Initially hesitant to join the commiteee, on June 9 the student assembly finally accepted the invitation and called for an immediate end to strikes and school take-overs. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...

Background

A banner in an occupied school reads "LOCE is a loser"

The Organic Constitutional Law on Teaching or LOCE (Law Nº 18,962) was promulgated on March 7, 1990 and came into force on March 10, the last day of Pinochet's 16 1/2 year dictatorship. Despite being widely criticized by both students and teachers as well as the ruling coalition (Concertación), it has remained largely unmodified since the restoration of democracy. Image File history File links La_LOCE_es_loser. ... Image File history File links La_LOCE_es_loser. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military dictatorship that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... General Augusto Pinochet was head of the junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... Politics of Chile Political parties in Chile Elections in Chile: President: 1925 - 1927 - 1931 - 1932 - 1938 - 1941 - 1946 - 1952 - 1958 - 1964 - 1970 - 1989 - 1993 - 1999 - 2005 The Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia (Spanish Coalition of Parties for Democracy) is an alliance of center-left political parties in Chile. ...

Critics of LOCE point out that it reduces the state's participation in education to a solely regulatory and protective role, whilst the true responsibility of education has been transfered to private and public corporations (public schools being managed by local governments — Municipalidades), thus reducing the participation that students, parents, teachers and non-academic employees had previously enjoyed in their schools.

During the 1990s, one of the main objectives of the Concertación administration was a so-called Educational Reform. One of the main pillars of this reform, launched during the Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle administration, was the Jornada Escolar Completa, JEC (Full-time School Day policy) — a plan to increase the hours that high school students actually spend in classrooms (in many cases not increasing the number of additional classrooms and other infrastructure required). However, many consider that the quality of education has dropped to worrying levels despite the high level of government spending on public education. Studies have showed that the JEC still has not been correctly implemented nor has it achieved the desired results.^[1]. This is the history of Chile. ... Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born June 24, 1942) was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. ...

Since 2000 a new demand has emerged with respect to the transport system's school pass and the new University Selection Test, and although much progress was made in some areas, the core of the students' demands have remained unsolved as of 2006. This article is about the year 2000. ...

Initial demonstrations

A penguin cartoon and "Down with the LOCE"

Following the announcement in April 24 of a new increase in fees for the PSU (up to $28,000 Chilean Pesos or around US$50) and the rumored introduction of a new restriction in the students's transport pass (Pase Escolar) that would limit reduced bus fares to only two travels per day, several public schools in Santiago organized demonstrations in the Alameda Avenue (Santiago's main street) demanding gratuity for transport passes, bus fares and university admissions tests. These demonstrations ended in some outbursts of violence — the Carabineros (the uniformed police) subsequently arrested 47 secondary students on April 26.^[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2212x2212, 204 KB) Summary Imagen obtenida desde el sitio de la Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile (FECh), com licencia (http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2212x2212, 204 KB) Summary Imagen obtenida desde el sitio de la Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile (FECh), com licencia (http://www. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Chilean notes currently in circulation: 1,000; 2,000; 5,000; 10,000; 20,000 pesos The peso is the currency of Chile. ... Satellite image of Santiago Santiago (full form Santiago de Chile) is the capital of Chile. ... The Carabineros de Chile (Carabiniers of Chile) are the uniformed Chilean national police force, created on April 27, 1927. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...

In the following days, new demonstrations took place without the permission of the regional authority. Despite the Ministry of Education acceding to minor demands, the students were left unsatisfied.^[3]

On May Day, secondary students of Santiago took part in a massive demonstration on Parque Almagro, near downtown Santiago. Violence again erupted and 1,024 students were arrested by the police in Santiago as well as in other cities throughout the country.^[4]. The violence was consequently condemned by the Government and public opinion. May Day refers to any of several holidays celebrated on May 1 or in the beginning of May. ... Public Opinion is a book on media and democracy by Walter Lippmann. ...

Nothing justifies violence, violence is not the way and the government backs the actions of the police. The students have accomplished nothing

— Felipe Harboe, Deputy Minister of Interior, May 10, 2006 May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Take-overs

Instituto Nacional occupied en toma, May 19, 2006

May 21, 2006 Speech. President Bachelet

Following three weeks of protests, little progress for the students' demands had been achieved and acts of violence had been counter-productive to public sympathy of their struggle. A turning point arose when students of the prestigious school Instituto Nacional and Liceo de Aplicación overran the school campuses during the night of May 19 ^[5] demanding an improvement in the educational reform including: the ending of the system of schools being run by municipalities (present since 1982), the abolition of the LOCE, as well as a clear declaration by President Bachelet in her traditional May 21 speech to the National Congress. In her speech, the President only indirectly referred to the students' demands and instead focused in condemning the students' recent acts of violence. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 667 KB) Sumario Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 student protests in Chile Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 667 KB) Sumario Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 student protests in Chile Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Instituto Nacional (National Institute), officially Liceo Ex A-0 - Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, is Chiles oldest and most prestigious public school. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (881x635, 159 KB) http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (881x635, 159 KB) http://www. ... Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag of the President of Chile The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. ... Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is the current President of Chile, the first woman to hold this position in the countrys history. ... Instituto Nacional (National Institute), officially Liceo Ex A-0 - Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, is Chiles oldest and most prestigious public school. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

I want our citizens to be critical, self-conscious, and to express their ideas and demands. However the criticism must be expressed in a constructive manner, laying clear proposals upon a table, and most importantly, with an unveiled face without resorting to violence. I want to be crystal clear in this, what we have witnessed in the past weeks is unacceptable. I shall not tolerate acts of vandalism or intimidation. We won democracy without resorting to concealing our faces and we shall continue [enjoying it] without doing so (this was in reference to the practice of certain individuals who anonomously partook in violence under the cover of hoods).

— Michelle Bachelet, Presidential Speech, May 21, 2006^[6] Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is the current President of Chile, the first woman to hold this position in the countrys history. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The government's reply did not satisfy the students' leaders who called for the continuation of demonstrations, even though the Instituto Nacional students desisted in its school take-over in exchange for a school strike which was supported by teachers, parents and the school administrators alike.^[7]. Occupations of several Liceos (public high schools) continued — among others Liceo A-13 (formerly, Confederación Suiza) and Liceo Carmela Carvajal — and two failed attempts to occupy the Liceo José Victorino Lastarria in Providencia.^[8]. Although peaceful, the occupations were rejected by the government and the Education Minister Martín Zilic, broke off negotiations stating that he would not come back to the table as long as the mobilizations continued.^[9] Providencia (Spanish providence) is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ...

In order to move forward in a discussion about quality, we need everybody's participation (...) that's a dialogue, not with occupations of schools, not with violence on the streets, not with covered faces. The president said we won democracy with uncovered faces and we are going to maintain talks with an uncovered face as a lesson to some youths in Santiago who have occupied their schools; that's not the way. The path is through dialogue, that is the way you build a better education and make a big leap to the future

— Martín Zilic, Coihaique, March 23, 2006^[9] Coyhaique is the capital city of the Aysen Region of Chile. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, the ministerial strategy of avoiding dialogue did not work out. Since April 24, there were fourteen schools either occupied or on strike including the Liceo Nº1 de Niñas — the school that President Bachelet herself attended as a student.^[10]. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ...

What is not understandable is that while trying to talk, there's also the applying of pressure. That is not the way to create dialogue in a democracy. It is terrific that they have chosen to reveal their faces. Now what they must do is to be able to dialogue seriously, but with a will to negotiate from both sides. The government is willing to discuss many topics, but it must be done with respect and without pressure. The government has already shown that it agrees to seek a solution on the PSU and the school bus pass, jointly with the ministries of Transportation, Education, and Finance, and they know this...regarding the JEC, they know that I am interested in knowing their evaluation of the JEC, if they consider that it isn't fulfilling its objective, what we want is to improve the quality of education, we are completely available to listen to everything.

— President Michelle Bachelet

That same night, eleven schools in Santiago downtown, Ñuñoa, Estación Central, La Cisterna, Maipú, Providencia and Recoleta were occupied by students.^[11]. The students received political support from deputies from the governing coalition, the College of Teachers and other institutions, leaving Minister Zilic in a fragile position. He finally called for a new round of negotiations with "all representatives of schools in conflict" which was scheduled for the following Monday May 29.^[12]. Throughout the day, more schools were occupied in Arica, Iquique, Valparaíso, Rancagua and Concepción. Santiago is a municipality of Chiles capital Santiago de Chile. ... A map of the streets in Ñuñoa Ñuñoa is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located in the eastern part of the province of Santiago. ... Estación Central (Spanish central station) is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located on the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ... La Cisterna (Spanish the cistern) is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located on the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ... Maipú votive temple Maipú, founded on February 16, 1821, is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located in the southwest of the province of Santiago, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ... Recoleta is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located on the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ... Congress building The Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Chiles bicameral Congress. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... Morro de Arica Arica is a port city in northern Chile, located only 18 km (11 miles) south of the border with Peru. ... Iquique (IPA /ikike/) is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapacá Region, on the Pacific coast, just west of the Atacama Desert. ... Port of Valparaíso, Chile Valparaíso is one of the main seaports of Chile, on the Pacific Ocean, and the capital of the Valparaíso Region. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Coat of Arms of Concepción Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of the Bío Bío Region. ...

On May 26, the situation escalated, as students from Maipú, San Miguel, Las Condes, Puente Alto and Pudahuel carried out peaceful marches and private schools adhered to the events. One-hundred thousand students (and up to a 100 schools) were on mass demonstrations throughout the country. Meanwhile the ACES called for a national strike on Tuesday May 30^[13], which was supported by the Students Federation of the University of Chile (FECH)^[14], and the Teachers National Union ^[15]. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... San Miguel (Spanish Saint Michael), founded on August 10, 1896, is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located on the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ... Kennedy Avenue Las Condes is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located in the northeastern part of the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, at the foot of the Andes mountains. ... Pudahuel (Mapudungun place of pools or water or place where seagulls gather) is a municipality (comuna) of Chile located on the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ...

Public opinion became increasingly critical of the government and its mishandling of the crisis, forcing President Bachelet to express her will to reestablish a dialogue "in an agenda without exclusions" but reaffirming that this new stand was not a contradiction nor a defeat: "What we have here is the decision to sit down to talk and listen. There will be things which we agree on and there will be others which we do not".^[16]

The last opportunity to avoid a nationwide strike was the meeting called by the Minister Zilic with the representatives of the schools in conflict. However, this meeting was not presided by the minister himself but rather by the deputy minister Pilar Romaguera, a situation which was rejected by the students. In addition, the site chosen for the negotiations did not have the capacity for the approximately one hundred student representatives, leading to the secondary students refusing to continue the negotiations unless all school representatives were in one room^[17]. The government maintained confidence in continuing negotiations, refusing to consider the situation as a failure and insisting that a small step had been achieved.

[In the ministry,] disorganization reigned. It was pretty clear they were in a hurry, and we can't sit down and talk and even more resolve anything in such circumstances.

— César Valenzuela, ACES spokesman.

After the breakdown of the meeting, the ACES reorganized itself into six regional branches and set up a meeting with senators of both the Concertación and the Alliance for Chile^[18], another sign of the wide spread support the movement had won across the political spectrum. Politics of Chile Political parties in Chile Elections in Chile: President: 1925 - 1927 - 1931 - 1932 - 1938 - 1941 - 1946 - 1952 - 1958 - 1964 - 1970 - 1989 - 1993 - 1999 - 2005 The Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia (Spanish Coalition of Parties for Democracy) is an alliance of center-left political parties in Chile. ... The Alliance for Chile (Spanish Alianza por Chile), also known as La Alianza (The Alliance), is a coalition of right wing Chilean political parties. ...

First national strike

Universidad de Chile students take part in the National Strike

According to ACES, more than 250 schools were paralyzed on May 30 ^[19] in a day that was characterized by diverse acts of violence, despite many calls to carry out peaceful demonstrations. The secondary students' call to strike was followed by university students from Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica and the Universidad de Santiago. The actual number of students on strike was calculated at between 600,000^[20] and one million ^[21]. Image File history File linksMetadata Toma_de_la_Universidad_de_Chile. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Toma_de_la_Universidad_de_Chile. ... Universidad de Chile may refer to: Universidad de Chile (university) Universidad de Chile (football club) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... Universidad de Chile may refer to: Universidad de Chile (university) Universidad de Chile (football club) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... ... Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) (Spanish: University of Santiago, Chile) is one of the oldest public universities in Chile. ...

During that morning, President Bachelet, summoned her Political Team — the Ministers of Interior, Finance, Gen. Sec. of Gov. and Gen. Sec. of the Presidency — as well as Minister Zilic to a special meeting in La Moneda. Zilic was sent away to meet directly that afternoon with 23 student leaders at the National Library — a neutral place chosen because of the symbolism of being Chile's main public library. Front view of La Moneda Front view of La Moneda The Palacio de La Moneda (Spanish The Mint Palace), is the actual seat of the President of the Republic of Chile. ...

Special Forces of Carabineros de Chile during the National Strike

In other areas of the country, a number of demonstrations took place, many being broken up by the police. The main incidents took place in Maipú, Puente Alto, La Florida (all large middle-class districts of Santiago) and in Santiago itself, around the Liceo de Aplicación and the University of Chile's head office. The police were widely criticized for firing tear gas at people gathered outside the National Library, waiting for the meeting's resolution ^[22]. Image File history File linksMetadata Carabineros_en_protestas_escolares. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Carabineros_en_protestas_escolares. ... The Carabineros de Chile (Carabiniers of Chile) are the uniformed Chilean national police force, created on April 27, 1927. ... A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ...

The press showed images of policemen arresting students and bystanders inside buses and private houses, and even press members being attacked ^[23] by the police's special forces. Fighting extended throughout the night, with 725 people arrested and 26 injured.^[24] The actions of the police were strongly repelled by the public. Some of the strongest reactions came from the press and the President herself:

For our government, a complete freedom of expression and the right to work are fundamental; that is why we have expressed our indignation at the latest events suffered both by journalists and cameramen as well as the students who have been victims of excesses, abuse, condemnable unjustified violence. We want our police to safeguard our security, but we can not accept the events we witnessed yesterday

— President Michelle Bachelet^[25]

Despite having initially backed the police, the regional government and the Interior Minister, Andrés Zaldívar, later severely criticized them as did the Gen. Director of Carabineros who opened an investigation and dismissed ten officers including the Special Forces Prefect and his deputy. Andrés Zaldívar, as President of the Senate of Chile José Andrés Rafael Zaldívar Larraín (born March 18, 1936), popularly known as El Chico Zaldívar (Zaldívar, the little one), is a prominent Chilean Christian Democrat politician and the current Chilean Minister of the Interior. ...

In accordance to my powers, I have ordered the dismissal of the Special Forces Prefect (...) This is a sign that I shall not tolerate, as I said when I assumed this rank, any excesses. I will also defend all procedures adhering to the law, but this is not such a case

— General Alejandro Bernales^[26]

Further demonstrations, mostly peaceful, took place in Temuco and Valparaíso, with some riots in Santiago's Plaza Italia, resulting in the arrest on May 31 of 54 people.^[27] Temuco Temuco, which in the mapudungun language means temu water, herbal tree used by Mapuches to cure diseases, is the capital of the IX región (la Araucanía), Chile, and is located 670kms south of Santiago. ... Port of Valparaíso, Chile Valparaíso is one of the main seaports of Chile, on the Pacific Ocean, and the capital of the Valparaíso Region. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ...

Ongoing negotiations

A student satirizing President Bachelet. The top sign shows the President saying "I am with you" on the left and "you can sell your kidney to pay for your education" on the right

On May 31, ACES members gathered at the Instituto Nacional to analyze the Minister's proposal to exempt the PSU fees for applicants of the population's three lowest-income quintiles. After hours of debate by the hundreds of student leaders, their spokespersons declared their disagreement with the proposal and extended an ultimatum for the following Monday in which they would call for a national general strike, which would also include university students, teachers and workers.^[28] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (461x615, 79 KB) Sumario Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 student protests in Chile Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (461x615, 79 KB) Sumario Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 2006 student protests in Chile Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ...

Minister Zilic met with the students again at the Recoleta Domínica, an old church in Santiago. After seven hours of negotiations the students declared that they had not received new offers and that their call for a general strike would continue. Zilic declared the unwillingness of the government to negotiate under such pressure ^[29].

In the evening of June 1 president Bachelet addressed the nation by radio and television to announce new non-negotiable measures on education^[30][31]: June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

• Reorganize the Ministry of Education, creating a separate regulatory institution to allow for independent supervision by a superintendence.
• Establishment of an Asistant Presidential Council on Education with the task of proposing measures to improve the quality of education.
• Reform of the LOCE and the Constitution, consecrating not only the freedom of education, but also the right to quality education as well as impeding any unjustified discrimination of students by institutions. This measure is intended to prohibit the present practice of many schools of selecting the best students and blocking or expelling the worst ones.
• Benefits for half a million new student in free lunches and meals in 2006, to be extended to 770,000 by 2007.
• Extensive investment in infrastructure in 520 schools and the replacement of shool furniture in 1,200.
• Free Transport Pass (Pase Escolar) for the most needy students, as well as extending use to seven days a week, twenty four hours a day for all students.
• Free PSU for 150,000 students, equivalent to 80% of annual applicants.

Bachelet also referred specifically to the government's incapacity to deliver free transport fare to all students, due to prohibitively high costs (166 billion Chilean pesos annually, US$300 million dollars), which she equated to the funding of 33,000 new social houses, the whole cost of the health system or the creation of seventeen new fully-equipped hospitals. Nevertheless, she did announce a 25% rise in family benefits for 2007 that would affect 968,000 beneficiaries. The following day, the economic proposals were detailed by the Finance Minister Andrés Velasco who announced that the total cost of the measures would reach 60 million dollars in 2006 and 138 million dollars per year from 2007 onwards.^[32]

The students met to analyze the president's proposal at the Instituto Superior de Comercio (Insuco) on June 2. After a long meeting of more than eight hours, the ACES met with the Education minister. Close to 10 PM, Minister Zilic announced that he had not been able to reach an agreement with the students, which was later confirmed by the student spokespersons, who further announced another meeting for the following day in the Internado Nacional Barros Arana in order to organize the national strike to take place on June 5.^[33] June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...

Second national strike and movement decay

On 3 June, the Coordinating Assembly held a new assembly in the Internado Nacional Barros Arana. However, speculation began to arise concerning a split between the radical and moderate groups of the Assembly, which would explain the resignation of César Valenzuela as spokesperson (he insisted that he had stepped down in order to look after his sick mother). Rumors began to spread that some of the traditional schools of Providencia and Santiago were holding parallel talks with Zilic and that one of the leaders of the Assembly, the communist spokesperson María Jesús Sanhueza, had been removed because of her extremist positions. Nevertheless, the ACES later expressed that all of these rumors were unfounded and part of a government strategy to undermine the movement ^[34]. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... The Communist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile) is a Chilean political party that advocates communism. ...

Meanwhile, more than one hundred groups showed their support for the Monday 5 June strike, including a call from the Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez to march in protest, contary to the wishes of the student leaders who had called for peaceful demonstrations from within the schools. The call from the FPMR provoked much annoyance in the government (motivating the Minister Ricardo Lagos Weber to declare that this act was condemnable), however the student leaders expressed that the FPMR were within their rights to demonstrate as they wished but that they should assume full responsibility for their actions.^[35] June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... The Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (Spanish: Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez) (FPMR) is a communist guerrilla organization in Chile, named for a figure in Chiles independence movement, Manuel Rodríguez. ...

The strike was held on Monday with the additional support of university students, high school teachers, truckers and workers amongst other unions. There was relative calm during the morning apart from a few minor isolated incidents close to the Plaza Italia by an unauthorized march and the burning of tires in the Alameda and Del Sol Highway around 7 AM. Throughout the country, protest activity was dissimilar: while there were almost no protests in Punta Arenas, more than 140 establishments in the Bío-Bío Region, 58 in Iquique, 9 in Coihaique were occupied as well as the only school on Easter Island.^[36] Peaceful marches took place in Osorno, Puerto Montt and La Serena as well as Valparaíso where more than 12,000 people peacefully gathered. ^[37] City of Punta Arenas Punta Arenas is the main city in the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, Chile. ... Bío-Bío is Chiles eighth administrative region from north to south. ... Iquique (IPA /ikike/) is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapacá Region, on the Pacific coast, just west of the Atacama Desert. ... Coyhaique is the capital city of the Aysen Region of Chile. ... City motto: ( Rapa Nui ) Also called Ombligo del mundo (Navil of the world) Discovered April 5, 1722 by Jakob Roggeveen, Capital Hanga Roa Area  - City Proper  163,6 km² Population  - City (2005)  - Density (city proper) 3. ... Missing image Image:Osorno01. ... Location of Puerto Montt on a partial map of Chile. ... La Serena (the serene one) is the second oldest city in Chile. ... Port of Valparaíso, Chile Valparaíso is one of the main seaports of Chile, on the Pacific Ocean, and the capital of the Valparaíso Region. ...

In Santiago, the majority of the occupied schools underwent protests of a cultural natural within their premises,^[38] the largest of which took place in the Instituto Nacional and the nearby the University of Chile's main campus. Nevertheless, as the afternoon wore on, disorderly behavior and looting began to take place which lead to the mobilization of the Carabineros^[39], who later attacked the people gathered at the Instituto Nacional with tear-gas and water cannons, which according to Germán Westhoff, President of the Student Center, was a "provocation on the part of the Carabineros"^[37]. In all, more than 240 people were detained during this day of mobilizations.

On June 6, the student assembly wrote a letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs informing him that they saw the creation of a presidential advisory committee — announced by Bachelet in her speech of June 1 to discuss the long term demands — as a positive step, adding that it should include students, teachers, school administrators, education experts and other social stakeholders and that half of them should be determined by the student assembly. This petition was rejected by the government because it was considered excessive, explaining that the president was free to decide who should be included. On June 7, the president announced a committee of 73 members, which included six seats reserved for high school students. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...

According to El Mercurio, on June 7 50 schools in Santiago and 175 across the country ended the strikes and were in conditions to return to classes. According to La Tercera, the number of schools ending mobilizations was close to 500. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...

On June 9 the student assembly agreed to participate in the committee and put an end to strikes and school take-overs. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...

References

La Tercera (formerly Las Tercera de la Hora) is a Chilean newspaper owned by Copesa. ... La Tercera (formerly Las Tercera de la Hora) is a Chilean newspaper owned by Copesa. ... La Tercera (formerly Las Tercera de la Hora) is a Chilean newspaper owned by Copesa. ... La Tercera (formerly Las Tercera de la Hora) is a Chilean newspaper owned by Copesa. ... Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... El Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. ... Página/12 is a left-wing newspaper based in Buenos Aires, Argentina founded in May 25, 1987 by journalist Jorge Lanata. ...

See also

• Education in Chile
• 2006 labor protests in France

This article deals with education in Chile. ... The 2006 labor protests in France occurred throughout France during February, March, and April 2006 as a result of opposition to a measure set to deregulate labor. ...

External links

• "Ley Orgánica Constitucional de Enseñanza" (PDF file)
• "La voz de los estudiantes a todo volumen" (EMOL.com special report)
• "La marcha de los estudiantes" (EMOL.com special report)
• "Guía para entender las demandas al Gobierno" (La Tercera special report)