What the records say
- When
- 1957
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 33.46° S, 70.65° W
- Description
- 1957 protests in Chile
Placed at the town its title names, Santiago.
Battle of Santiago (1957)
Protests in Chile
The Battle of Santiago was the name given to the protests of April 2–3, 1957 in Santiago, Chile that ended with violent confrontations between protesters and the police. The street battles resulted in 16 deaths after which the government deployed the army to the streets.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Santiago (Chile) se produce la batalla de Santiago; el Gobierno reprime una serie de manifestaciones populares y mata a 20 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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