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Chile's students return to streets to demand education overhaul
Reuters ^ | April 11, 2017 | by Gram Slattery and Fabian Cambero

Posted on 04/11/2017 1:11:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Thousands of students marched in Chilean cities on Tuesday to demand improvements to the nation's higher education system, as lawmakers prepared to debate planned reforms.

Student protesters argue that attempts by center-left President Michelle Bachelet to improve quality and access to higher education have been insufficient. Reforms by her government to date do not provide enough Chileans with free university education, they say. They also complain that the government did not seek their advice when drafting legislation.

"I don't know if the government is playing stupid. You can't legislate without listening to the social movements," Daniel Andrade, head of the University of Chile student union, told journalists.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freestuff; socialism; university

1 posted on 04/11/2017 1:11:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Daniel Andrade, de la Unión Nacional Estudiantil (UNE), liderará la Federación de Estudiantes de la U. de Chile. Las Juventudes Comunistas cedieron la vicepresidencia a manos de sectores trotskistas.!!!

Daniel Andrade, of the National Student Union (UNE), will lead the Federation of Students of the U. of Chile. The Communist Youths gave up the vice presidency at the hands of Trotskyist sectors.


2 posted on 04/11/2017 1:43:30 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Improvements.”


3 posted on 04/11/2017 2:19:36 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("I prefer to think of myself as ... civilized." ~Jonathan Q. Higgins)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sounds like a societal taker. Try being a giver. Very Christian.


4 posted on 04/11/2017 7:01:08 PM PDT by keving (We are the Government)
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To: WellyP

Paging Pinochet.


5 posted on 04/11/2017 8:47:19 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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