: International organizations, including the United Nations and Amnesty International , documented widespread human rights violations, including over 400 cases of eye damage caused by police rubber bullets. Political and Institutional Outcomes
: The momentum of the movement eventually helped propel former student leader Gabriel Boric to the presidency in 2021. Artistic and Cultural Expression Estallido
: On October 25, 2019, an estimated 1.2 million people gathered in Santiago's Plaza Baquedano (later dubbed Plaza de la Dignidad ) in the largest demonstration in Chilean history. : Secondary school students began a coordinated campaign
: Secondary school students began a coordinated campaign of jumping subway turnstiles to protest a fare increase. dozens of subway stations were burned
: Protests escalated into severe riots; dozens of subway stations were burned, and President Sebastián Piñera declared a state of emergency, deploying the military for the first time since the dictatorship.