Greta Thunberg back in class after year off for awareness on climate change
Since her last school year finished in June 2019, the teenager’s travels around the world meant that she ended up doing lessons remotely.
Since her last school year finished in June 2019, the teenager’s travels around the world meant that she ended up doing lessons remotely.
The protests were mostly peaceful, although there were clashes around the plaza after police tried to disperse protesters with tear gas and water-launch trucks, as the latter responded by throwing stones.
It has been changed before by referendum, following a 1988 vote that paved the way for a return to democracy.
The President called on lawmakers to work on passing a series of reforms aimed at meeting protesters' demands, including raising the minimum wage.
A Caribbean-wide tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center but lifted about two hours later. And Cuba's Seismology Service said there was no danger of a tsunami on the island.
Voters will be asked to decide between convening a constitutional convention to craft a new national charter and making further reforms to the existing document
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.
During a public event, President Pinera said, "The measure "represents major relief, some help at a time when so many Chilean families need it".
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.
