Chile - Radio silenced, police crack down as battle for hearts and minds rages in Aysén

Reporters without borders

Fourteen leaders of the protest movement in the remote Patagonian area of Aysén, including its spokesman Iván Fuentes, are due to meet the Chilean interior minister, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, in Santiago today to seek a solution to the unrest that has shaken the region for the past two months. Reporters without Borders hopes the talks will ensure that basic constitutional freedoms, including the right to inform and be informed, are preserved. “The problem will not be solved by the use of tear gas,” (...)

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