Chile

People carry the Chilean flag during a rally to demand changes in the public state education system in Valparaiso, Chile on August 9, 2011. (Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters) #

Pamphlets are hurled by workers and teachers of public education toward congressmen during a protest against a new law on public education during a session of the Chilean congress in Valparaiso on April 20, 2011. The new law allows the dismissal of teachers who are poorly evaluated and the closing of schools that are providing poor quality education. (Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters) #

Riot police stand covered with paint thrown by demonstrators trying to reach La Moneda presidential palace on the second day of a national strike in Santiago on August 25, 2011. (Victor R. Caivano/AP) #

Daqui e mais no Boston Big Picture

Só agora, os meios de comunicação europeus e norte-americanos começam a reparar no que se anda a passar no Chile. Isto começou bem antes das London Riots, dos Indignados, etc, etc. Mas como sempre, o (once upon time) confortable north continua a não olhar (nem aprender) para o que o se passa no outro lado do mundo.