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Write for Rights: Gustavo Gatica
When protests broke out across Chile over rising prices and inequality, Gustavo Gatica was studying psychology in the capital, Santiago. Like millions of oth ...
When protests against rising prices and inequality broke out across Chile, Gustavo Gatica studied psychology in the capital, Santiago. Like millions of others, he also took to the streets. In a fateful protest in November, police loaded their shotguns with rubber and metal ammunition and fired at the assembled crowds. Gustavo was among the crowd in November. He was shot in both eyes and permanently blinded. An internal police investigation after the shooting found that no one could be held responsible. It has even been suggested that protesters themselves injured Gustavo. The public prosecutor is currently investigating. Still, those who allowed the attack on Gustavo go unpunished.
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