- At the moment that the social uprising
began, I was in Quilpue, outside where I live (Santiago), and seeing that in
the capital they were hurting many people, taking a lot of people in detention,
people began to die, it caused me a lot of distress because of the level of
police and military represión, and also anxiety at not being able to return to
Santiago. All this also made me quite angry at not seeing a minimum of
self-criticism from the authorities and they only reacted when the pressure
exerted by the people was already too much
+ All this also gave me quite a lot of
positive emotions, as I have never seen so much energy from the population, and
I’m very happy that people have started to become more aware of social,
economic, political issues, among others. Seeing so many people raising their
voices in squares, subway stations and on the streets makes me very happy and
gives me hope that a better society can be built.
What has surprised me the most is the great
resistance that the government has put in to make changes in the structure,
since after all that has happened they are not able to touch even in the least
the companies that are partly responsible for the poor quality of life.
I hope that this will not end until real
changes are achieved, change the way we relate and that we are all able to live
in dignity and in peace. I also hope that from now on the public order forces
will be radically reformed, or whenever we want to exercise the right to
protest the consequences they will be tragic.
