An unprecedented parade of 1.2 million people in Chile, Maduro： The Chilean people stood up.

[Text/Observer Network Xu Ganang]

Following the bloody and violent demonstrations last week, Chilean anti-government people began to take different protest measures. On October 25th, local time, about 1.2 million Chileans took to the streets, calling on the Chilean government to carry out economic reforms and demanding that the president step down.

This is also the largest demonstration in Chile since its "democratization" in the 1990s. Under pressure, the country’s President Pi? era called on all cabinet members to resign yesterday (26th) and promised to reorganize the government. On the same day, Chile ended its curfew.

The anti-government demonstration in Chile caught the attention of Venezuelan President Maduro. The latter repeatedly voiced support for the demonstrators in the past few days, saying that "the Chilean people have stood up." He was even suspected of "sponsoring" the demonstration. Today, he sent a "congratulatory message" to the Chilean demonstrators, congratulating them on rising against neoliberalism, "Long live Chile".

According to the 24-hour news network of Chile’s national television station and Biobio Radio News Station, a large-scale demonstration broke out on the streets of Santiago, Chile, on October 25, local time. Aerial photography shows that demonstrators are concentrated in the landmark Plaza Italia in the center of San Diego, and the surrounding main streets are crowded.

According to local media, the number of people participating in this demonstration is expected to be 1 million to 1.2 million. BBC News described it as,This is the largest demonstration in Chile since its "democratization" in the 1990s.

On the whole, there was no violence in the demonstrations that day. Karla Rubilar, President of Santiago Capital Region, said on social media, "Today, Chile has experienced a historic day. A peaceful March of about 1 million people in the metropolitan area of Santiago represents the dream of a new Chile. "

Chilean President Piniella said that night that there was a "cheerful and peaceful large-scale March, and Chileans demanded a just and more United Chile, which opened the way for the future and hope". He said, "We all heard the signal from the people. We’ve all changed. With solidarity and God’s help, we will embark on the road to a better Chile for everyone. ".

In the week since demonstrations broke out in Chile, at least 19 people have been killed, hundreds have been injured and more than 7,000 have been arrested. After some demonstrators stormed the subway station and destroyed related facilities, the authorities declared a state of emergency, imposed a curfew and used the army.

The riots caused by the authorities’ slight increase in subway tickets in the capital quickly expanded into widespread protests against social injustice in one of the richest countries in Latin America. Although earlier this week, the Pi? era government has made concessions: including raising the minimum wage and the minimum national pension level, withdrawing subway tickets and raising the planned electricity price.

In order to further calm the public anger, according to the news of Effie, Spain, Piniella made a televised speech on the 26th.Call on cabinet members to resign collectively to form a new government.Piniella explained that this was necessary in order to respond to the requests of citizens who demanded reforms in Chile. "In the past week, the country and people have experienced brutal and destructive violence, but we have also listened to the deep voice from the people and demanded a more just and United society."

On October 26, 2019, local time, Piniella announced that he had asked all ministers to resign and would reorganize the cabinet from vision china.

On that day,The Chilean military also announced the end of the curfew and returned the right of governance to the government.

What happened in Chile in recent weeks has aroused great concern of Venezuelan President Maduro, who has repeatedly expressed his support for the demonstrators in the past few days.

For example, at the Sao Paulo Forum on October 21st, Maduro said:"Now the Chilean people have stood up and resisted. The Chilean Rightists must think that this is something else, but in fact, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has to carry the pot, and capitalism has to carry the pot. "Later, when asked about the demonstrations, Maduro added, "What we are doing now is better than expected." This statement was regarded by some media as Maduro’s indirect participation in demonstrations in Chile. Guaido, an opposition member who once staged the "Venezuelan double presidential storm" with Maduro, also insisted that Maduro "sponsored" Chilean demonstrators.

There have been articles written by the Guardian and other western media, and the views are similar to Maduro’s words:Chile is a failure under neoliberalism.

In the 1980s, a debt crisis broke out in Latin America. In order to restore Chile’s economy, neo-liberalism advocated by American economists headed by "chicago boys" took advantage of it.Chile began to relax restrictions on foreign investment, privatized a large number of state-owned enterprises, and borrowed from the US government and the IMF.Although this enabled Chile to achieve the "miracle of Chile" economic recovery, it also widened the gap between the rich and the poor, put national enterprises in trouble, and laid the groundwork for this demonstration.

On October 27th, Maduro reposted the aerial images of Chile’s "Million People Parade" on social media, citing two late socialist supporters in Chile, Salvador Allende and Víctor Jara.Said "their predictions have come true." "Chilean men and women who are eager for freedom took to the streets to resist the neoliberalism that worsened the gap between the rich and the poor. Long live Chile! "

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