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6 years ago
This is an important announcement that I must share with you all as it revolves around me, my family and their lives. Yes, their lives.
Over the course of 4 weeks, my country, Chile, has been under repression by its government due to peaceful protests over the current economical decline where things become more expensive, and workers gaining less money monthly. As a result, the STUDENTS, of all people have said enough is enough and stopped paying their expenses because they realized what misery their families were living in, poor economics, living life off of credit cards that they cannot pay back. accumulating more and more debt, and as a result, more families cannot sustain themselves.
Pretty much everything in Chile is owned by the government, the plantations, livestock, even the water is privatized and you must pay a fee to use it if you wish to drink their water. The situation has only worsened since the first week of the protests, police becoming militarized, the military itself being sent to forcefully stop PEACEFUL protests, using expired tear gas that is proven to have negative side effects to ones health. All of this and the usage of rubber bullets that are intentionally aimed above a person's chest, more than 135 people have lost their eye due to this. And the police brutality has only gotten worse as many human rights are violated. It has been proven that some, or many of the policemen are using drugs and using their authority to break in to houses to snatch people from their beds, often by beating them into submission. There are videos out there that are so vile that I urge you not to watch them if you have a weak stomach or sensitive to graphic imagery. I have seen them all and it breaks my heart to see it all unfold.
In more recent events, I recently got extremely disturbing news that the government is on the brink of issuing a state of exception, meaning the country is on the brink of CIVIL WAR. But there is no war, the people do NOT HAVE GUNS. There are reports of Army and Marine regiments mobilizing into the larger cities and have switched from rubber bullets to real ones, to purposefully kill. And are now waiting on the order to commence a military coup.
To give you some insight on why all this affects me in every way, shape or form; my family has political ties that date back to the 1973 coup, and my cousin is in the Chilean Marine Corps. He is not a bad man. And I'm worried about him. He’s a sweet and kindhearted man, like most in the military are. But due to this, many if not all military men and women and sworn to not disobey orders or they’ll be killed themselves along with their families and friends. They are forced to obey orders despite not wanting to kill innocents.
My family is scared, and rightfully so. They survived the coup of 1973 and lived almost 40 years of government repression, only now is it at its most critical moments.
I urge you all to please educate yourselves on this situation, because it affects the entire world. I fear for my family and my friends there. I will not be as active here from this point on as I will be trying to get in contact with many as I can in Chile. Should you want to leave me a comment, that is up to you, any show of support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for reading this, sorry if I made your day crappy but it’s something that is important to me as well as you. No country should have to go down like this.
Para todos los Chilenos que vean este journal, lucha. Lucha por libertad y tú familia, por tús amigos. Estámos en democracia y esta represíon no tiene lugar para ser. El pueblo tiene el poder, no el gobierno. El pueblo levantó este paíz!
VIVA CHILE MIERDA!!
If you have a Twitter and would like to stay up to date on all things going on in Chile, follow this account, and it will also show you different accounts reporting on the same. Do NOT trust the Chilean media, as it is under government regulation. Trust the independent news reporters!
WARNING, WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE HERE IS GRAPHIC AND NOT FOR THE SENSITIVE EYES! PROCEED WITH CAUTION https://twitter.com/PiensaPrensa
Over the course of 4 weeks, my country, Chile, has been under repression by its government due to peaceful protests over the current economical decline where things become more expensive, and workers gaining less money monthly. As a result, the STUDENTS, of all people have said enough is enough and stopped paying their expenses because they realized what misery their families were living in, poor economics, living life off of credit cards that they cannot pay back. accumulating more and more debt, and as a result, more families cannot sustain themselves.
Pretty much everything in Chile is owned by the government, the plantations, livestock, even the water is privatized and you must pay a fee to use it if you wish to drink their water. The situation has only worsened since the first week of the protests, police becoming militarized, the military itself being sent to forcefully stop PEACEFUL protests, using expired tear gas that is proven to have negative side effects to ones health. All of this and the usage of rubber bullets that are intentionally aimed above a person's chest, more than 135 people have lost their eye due to this. And the police brutality has only gotten worse as many human rights are violated. It has been proven that some, or many of the policemen are using drugs and using their authority to break in to houses to snatch people from their beds, often by beating them into submission. There are videos out there that are so vile that I urge you not to watch them if you have a weak stomach or sensitive to graphic imagery. I have seen them all and it breaks my heart to see it all unfold.
In more recent events, I recently got extremely disturbing news that the government is on the brink of issuing a state of exception, meaning the country is on the brink of CIVIL WAR. But there is no war, the people do NOT HAVE GUNS. There are reports of Army and Marine regiments mobilizing into the larger cities and have switched from rubber bullets to real ones, to purposefully kill. And are now waiting on the order to commence a military coup.
To give you some insight on why all this affects me in every way, shape or form; my family has political ties that date back to the 1973 coup, and my cousin is in the Chilean Marine Corps. He is not a bad man. And I'm worried about him. He’s a sweet and kindhearted man, like most in the military are. But due to this, many if not all military men and women and sworn to not disobey orders or they’ll be killed themselves along with their families and friends. They are forced to obey orders despite not wanting to kill innocents.
My family is scared, and rightfully so. They survived the coup of 1973 and lived almost 40 years of government repression, only now is it at its most critical moments.
I urge you all to please educate yourselves on this situation, because it affects the entire world. I fear for my family and my friends there. I will not be as active here from this point on as I will be trying to get in contact with many as I can in Chile. Should you want to leave me a comment, that is up to you, any show of support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for reading this, sorry if I made your day crappy but it’s something that is important to me as well as you. No country should have to go down like this.
Para todos los Chilenos que vean este journal, lucha. Lucha por libertad y tú familia, por tús amigos. Estámos en democracia y esta represíon no tiene lugar para ser. El pueblo tiene el poder, no el gobierno. El pueblo levantó este paíz!
VIVA CHILE MIERDA!!
If you have a Twitter and would like to stay up to date on all things going on in Chile, follow this account, and it will also show you different accounts reporting on the same. Do NOT trust the Chilean media, as it is under government regulation. Trust the independent news reporters!
WARNING, WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE HERE IS GRAPHIC AND NOT FOR THE SENSITIVE EYES! PROCEED WITH CAUTION https://twitter.com/PiensaPrensa
Now, I am just a stupid American when it comes to all this, I don't understand what is going on fully, all I can really do for you all down there is to wish you all well being, and please stay safe.
Stay safe, and I hope your nation calms down and finds peace~
-Fyre
Do not believe what your media tells you about the state of Chile. It's filtered and regulated and only show what they want you to see. Instead, turn your attention to the independent news sources as they report the reality.
The metro of Santiago was set ablaze by the police themselves and people were still in it when it went up in flames. It has veen proven time and time again that the police disguise themselves as looters and criminals to provoke a reaction and pin the blame onnthe people. These cops are nothing but assholes with drugs in their systems. They have no respect for the citizens they swore to protect.
I know people hear different things ffom different people. But it's up to you to delve deeper and learn about what is really going on. Of course at your own time and free will. If you wanna stay out of it then go ajead, no one is going to judge you, at least I won't. Because what can one do, really? Not much other than to spread awareness.