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CHILE - CRISIS - PROTEST - ANNIVERSARY

CHILE - CRISIS - PROTEST - ANNIVERSARY
View of a fire set up by demonstrators inside the San Francisco de Borja church during clashes with riot police on the commemoration of the first anniversary of the social uprising in Chile, in Santiago, on October 18, 2020, as the country prepares for a landmark referendum. Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest movement that broke out last year demanding greater equality in Chile. The demonstration comes just a week before Chileans vote in a referendum on whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution -- one of the key demands when the protest movement began on October 18, 2019.
MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP