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At least 158 people were arrested this Friday in Santiago de Chile for "violating current health regulations" due to the covid-19 pandemic established in Article 318 of the Penal Code, according to the Carabineros.
In messages published on Twitter, the police institution said that the people were detained in the Plaza Baquedano sector and its surroundings, the central point of social demonstrations in Santiago de Chile since October 2019.
Carabineros did not explain the specific reasons for the arrests.
The arrests occur in the midst of a quarantine established to stop contagion from the pandemic, which is in force in Santiago and other regions of the country, and whose measures are updated weekly based on the so-called Step by Step Plan We Take Care of ourselves, the government's strategy. Chilean for a gradual reopening in the face of covid-19.
The arrests also occur on the same day that the Chilean Chamber of Deputies and Deputies approved a bill that allows a third withdrawal of 10% of pension funds and that will be sent to the Executive for enactment.
However, the government of President Sebastián Piñera said this week that, if approved, it could turn to the Constitutional Court to stop it.
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According to the government, the measure is unconstitutional and will hurt Chileans' pensions in the future.
The Piñera government's announcement also sparked protests this week in various parts of the country.
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Until this Friday, Chile registered a total of 1,155,902 confirmed infections and 25,641 deaths from coronavirus, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
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