ITN News
| Apr 12, 2013
Violent protests in Chile as students battle police using molotov cocktails and stones while officers fought back with water cannon and tear gas. Report by Ashley Fudge.
NTDTV
| Apr 1, 2013
The streets of Chile's capital, Santiago, resembled a war zone in the early hours of Saturday as demonstrators clashed with police through the night after marking the "Day of the Young Combatant." Protesters launched missiles at police and set fir...
Russia Today
| Sep 10, 2012
A largely peaceful demonstration in Chile to honor the victims of General Augusto Pinochet's military government has ended in violence. Some 3,500 people took part in the march to Santiago's General Cemetery. Police used tear gas, water cannons, a...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 15, 2012
In the latest salvo in the 18-month battle over education standards in Chile, high school students in Santiago have been barricading themselves into their classrooms to demand reform. The government has also escalated its side of the dispute: Sant...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 29, 2012
Gay rights activists in Chile are calling on the government to get tough on hate crimes after the death of Daniel Zamudio, a 24-year-old gay man. He was brutally beaten by suspected neo-Nazis and died in hospital 25 days after the attack. Al Jazee...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Dec 22, 2011
Students in Santiago are joined by a festive helper as they continue their demands for education reform.
Euronews
| Nov 25, 2011
Keeping up their fight for more education funding, thousands of students have taken to the streets of Chile's capital, Santiago. But their protests, launched more than six months ago, have often ended in violence and the latest demonstrations ...
Euronews
| Oct 21, 2011
Student demonstrators in Chile took direct action in the Senate headquarters on Thursday, by forcing their way into the building in Santiago. They interrupted a a committee meeting and broadcast their demonstration live over the internet by webcam...
Democracy Now!
| Aug 4, 2011
In Chile, tens of thousands of students have been protesting across the country for the last several weeks demanding comprehensive educational reforms. Students have expressed frustration at President Sebastian Pinera's failure to respond their de...
Al Jazeera English
| Jun 3, 2011
At least 25,000 university student protesters have marched through the streets of Santiago, Chile's capital, calling for reforms in education, local news reported. Police fired water cannons to disperse demonstrators, after some students broke t...
— May 18 at 04:24 pm
México, D.F. (lmb.com.mx) 18 de mayo.- En el juego entre los Olmecas de Tabasco y los Leones de Yucatán, celebrado la noche de este viernes en el p...
— May 18 at 02:01 pm
...climbing this mountain side we realized that daybreak was a bit latter than what I had in mind so there was no hurry to take this windy road awa...
— Mar 16, 2012 at 07:28 pm
...and tear gas to break up a march by thousands of Chilean students on Thursday, the first protest this year by student groups whose demonstration...
Сантијаго де Чиле, често називан само Сантијаго је главни град Републике Чиле и управно средиште истоименог метрополитанскog регионa. Његово шире гратско подручје познато је под именом Гранд Сантијаго.
Град је административни, привредни, културни и финансијски центар Републике у којем се налазе готово све владин институције, осим Националног конгреса Чилеа. Сантијато је седиште Економске комисије ОУН за Латинску Америку и Карибе.
Иако се обично посматра као један велики град, Сантијаго није једна административна јединица, већ напротив, он је део територије од 37 општина, од којих 26 припадају градском подручју а 11 приградском. Већина општина налазе се у истоименој покрајини, док се неколико њих налази у провинцијама Чачабуко, Кордиљера, Маипо и Талаганте.
Сантијаго се отприлике простире између 33°26′16″S 70°39′01″W на просечној видини од 567м.. Према подацима из 2002, конурбација се простирала на 641,4km² на којој је живело 5.428.590 житеља, што је скоро 36% укупног становништа државе. Према подацима из исте године, Сантијаго је седми најнасељенији град Јужне Америке, а према неким статистикама, један је од 50 најмногољуднијих градских области на свету.
(via Freebase)
