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Chilean revolt

The things have changed since October 18th for people and, although it has tried to return to “normal” in these months, the conscience and desire to end injustices don’t change. I live in Parque Bustamante so protest marches and rallies are common for us. But since October the thoughts are not the same. Before you could hear “these young people who break everything” while “the guanaco” and the police chased the students that were running through the streets. Now the problem isn’t the young people but the government that steals, the repression and inequality. These are the topics of conversation that you can hear while the neighbors go to the barricades with their pans.  In a single day one can live many emotions. The week after Friday, October 18th, on the day I felt a sense pride when I saw thousands of people going to Dignity Plaza. There were so many people who walked the streets that the cars couldn't pass. This feeling of pride was coupled with the hope that things can ...

Biodata

Francisca Aguirre is Chilean social worker at University of Chile. She has a great level of Social Science and a Magister of Social Work. Also, in her study years of social work program she studied in Mexico at University Automoma of Mexico (UNAM) for one semester where she was student of Enrique Dussel.  For much of her career she has investigated topics such as spatial segregation, territorial conflicts and social movements for the housing. Francisca has published one paper about spatial segregation and the right to the city, "Spatial Segregation and Citizenship: A Human Rights perspective in a neoliberalism context" (2019) and now she is applying for a Fondef to investigating the Social Housing in Chile. At the same time, she jobs in Housing and Urbanism Ministry and an ONG where she works with "pobladores" of Ukamau and MPL.  Francisca likes drawing and painting so inside her interest, she teaches in Popular School of Art on Valparaíso at the weekend whe...