Chile students plan mass strikes, govt holds ground

03 Jun 2006 17:35:10 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Pav Jordan

SANTIAGO, Chile, June 3 (Reuters) - Chilean high school students who clashed with police during massive strikes this week have rejected government proposals to spend more on education, and plan wider demonstrations on Monday.

Public high schools across Chile have been closed for a week by students demanding free bus fare, free college entrance exams, more teachers and improved school buildings in what has grown into Chile's largest student demonstration in decades.

Students negotiated with the government of President Michelle Bachelet, Chile's first woman president, late into the night on Friday but reached no agreements ...

"The strikes will continue, we are calling for a national strike," another student leader told local media shortly after midnight ...

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