social movements
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On 10 June 2014, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Santiago, Chile, along with supporters in cities around the country, to protest the government’s proposed education legislation. The action was organized by the Chilean Student Confederation (Confech), the National High School Students Association (Cones) and the Coordinating Assembly of Secondary Students (ACES) with the
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I wrote this for a class on Latin American comparative politics. My conclusions: …Indigenous movements are just one section in the symphony of “a thousand twangling instruments” that comprise the social movement scene in Latin America. The present period seems may be like the cacophony on before the concert as the musicians separately tune their
Mike LaSusa 