COVID-19 curbs to be eased for fully vaccinated people in Chile
Chile has 1,576,336 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 33,238 deaths.So far, a total of 22,883,806 vaccine doses have been administered in the country.
Chile has 1,576,336 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 33,238 deaths.So far, a total of 22,883,806 vaccine doses have been administered in the country.
Hundreds of people also gathered at the Costanera Center shopping mall - next to South America's tallest skyscraper Gran Torre Santago - with dozens of protesters entering the premises.
On Friday, thousands of protesters gathered again in Plaza Italia, the centre of the demonstrations in Santiago and the site of weekly rallies that have seen massive turnout since the social upheaval broke out.
The Plaza Italia, the ground zero of the protests and renamed by the protesters as "Plaza Dignidad" (Square of Dignity), once again became the epicentre of a large gathering.
The institute also confirmed reports of torture and abuse by state forces during the protests of the last few days.
Thousands of protesters --- many banging pots and pans in the traditional Latin American manner -- gathered peacefully in the main Plaza Italia square in the capital on Monday, chanting "Pinera Out!" and "Get out military!"
Considered the "lungs of the Earth", the Amazon is mainly situated in Brazil, but parts of it lie in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and other South American countries.
