Chile is extending the state of
emergency to cities and the north and
south riot and continued in spite of a
curfew imposed for a second consecutive
night protestors clashing with police in
many areas of the capital Santiago eight
people are known to have been killed
since the unrest began on Friday as
Freya Kohl reports soldiers on the
streets of San Diago for the first time
since the end of the military
dictatorship the curfew to end unrest
has been extended for a second night the
combi CEO Guillermo Gracia I am
convinced that democracy not only has
the right but has the obligation to
defend itself using all the instruments
that democracy provides and the rule of
law to combat those who want to destroy
just get in lift we protest began after
a rise in ticket prices for the Capitals
metro a decision which has been reversed
but anger has widened amid the huge
inequality between the rich and poor
parts of san diego's transport system
have been destroyed but on Sunday
residents helped with the cleanup would
have been nice if everyone had come out
and banged on pots and protested other
ways but this not even during the time
we had the conflict with Pinochet did we
touch the metro because we knew the
Metro was for us and look at this now
sad this is sad for all of us that we're
here helping to clean up several people
have died and there's been mass arrests
as looting and riots have spread across
the country despite the return of the
troops the curfew and a state of
emergency Chileans continued to express
their anger
Freyja Cole BBC News