Kast's government is already showing its true colors: slashing rights, criminalizing protest and handing tax breaks to the wealthy while calling it a national reconstruction. Students across Chile are right to take to the streets, and the mass mobilizations prove the movement is alive and growing. Unleashing police with dogs and water cannons on peaceful demonstrators only confirms what this administration is really about.
Chile has technically seen students protesting this week, but it's worth noting that they represent only a narrow political faction that has captured student activism organizations in low-turnout elections. Given that these groups can't credibly claim a clear mandate, their positions are, by no means, the unified voice of students as this would erase the silent majority that opposes them.
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