Last year and things were going very well indeed until a group of master vandals we dont know who they were began attacking 1st of all police and burnt down a Police Church this is a church that is used mainly by police force and another chapel which is a national anational heritage site in chile very nearby they also looted shops all through one of the main avenues about 700 meters from where i am right now close enough to the main protest area where we could see the smoke and smell it and hear of course the ambulances and the fire trucks that were trying to get to this area so they are clearly been marring what was supposed to be and many had hoped would be a peaceful protest just one week before chileans are supposed to go to the polls for this all important referendum and there are people who are afraid especially political leaders in the opposition that this sort of thing could keep people from going out to vote next sunday. Vote counting is underway in bolivia in an election many
A rule that no more than 5 people will gather at one place so thats what they used to for them to leave not what had happened earlier on wednesday thousands of antigovernment protesters started at democracy monument which is about a kilometer and a half away from here really big big big crowds walking down an avenue going through several Police Checkpoints some physical some with just police there they were negotiated some some checkpoints they actually broke through even moved to make their way here around the Government House area then they stayed thousands of them stayed until the evening and then again as i mentioned a few 100 stayed throughout the night until they were peacefully removed by those riot police now they were speaking on makeshift stages around the Government House they said to abide by the Police Orders and leave peacefully will be back so in other words theyre planning something further down the line as we can very well expect but the most important thing was even t