The Fight for a New Chile
Chile’s protest movement is the largest in a generation and it doesn’t just want economic reforms – it wants to overturn the legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship.
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Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
Chile’s protest movement is the largest in a generation and it doesn’t just want economic reforms – it wants to overturn the legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship.
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