Over 2 Million Protest Chile’s Pinochet-Era Pension System
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Demonstrators take part in a protest against the pension system in Valparaiso, Chile. | Photo: Reuters
Organizers say it was the largest-ever protest against the private pension system in Chile.
Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets in cities across Chile Sunday to protest the private pension system known as AFP, in what the organizers have called the largest march for the cause in the history of the movement.
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The march, organized by workers' organizations and trade unions, kicked off at 11:00 a.m. local time in the capital city Santiago's in Plaza de las Armas, as well as several other cities.
According to organizers, 800,000 took part in the marches in Santiago and a fur...