Join Alborada’s next Alborada Online event on Sunday 14 June in which we’ll explore the increasing public health crisis that has engulfed Chile due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Piñera government’s inadequate response and how this has impacted on the mass calls for reform to the neoliberal system that erupted in October 2019.
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Chile exceeded 105 thousand cases of COVID-19 and registered a new peak of deaths and daily infections on Monday 1 June. According to the Ministry of Health, 5,471 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number, reaching a total of 105,159 cases. According to the Piñera government 59 people died in the 24 hours before Monday, this being a new peak of daily deaths, giving a total of 1,113 deaths from the disease.
How does this scenario impact on the mass calls for reform to the neoliberal system that erupted in October 2019?
Register for a free ticket here:
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3.30pm-5.30pm (London)
10.30am-12.30pm (Santiago / New York)
7.30am-9.30am (Los Angeles)
The event runs from 4pm to 5.30pm London time but the waiting room will be open from 3.30pm. A Chilean music playlist will be played before the event.
Speakers:
Héctor Ríos Jara is Phd research student in social science at University College London, University of London. He is a member of Social Theory and Latinamerican thought CLACSO and the Chilean London Assembly (Asamblea Chilena en Londres).
Dr Bárbara Fernández Melleda is a Chilean academic, currently working as Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies at The University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on a variety of topics that analyse Chilean literature, such as intersections between articulations of the female psyche, and the criticism of neoliberal principles within a post-dictatorship context.
> Alejandro Kirk is a journalist with HispanTV and teleSUR/teleSUR English
Chaired by Dr Rodrigo Acuña (Alborada contributing editor)