00:00In Chile, university students demonstrated on Monday in front of the Ministry of Education in downtown San Santiago in response
00:06to the budget cuts to the education sector announced by the government of Jose Antonio Kast.
00:11Let's recall that under the CAAS administration, the Ministry of Finance has implemented a fiscal austerity policy that directly affects
00:19resources destined toward the sector, with the largest cuts concentrated in the state-guaranteed student loan, free university tuition and
00:28funds allocated for school infrastructure.
00:30In this context, mobilizers in the rally, called by the Chilean Student Confederation, urged the government to open a channel
00:39of dialogue.
00:40In addition, they sought to deliver a letter to Minister Maria Paz Arzola, where the organization stressed the measure is
00:46not merely a budgetary issue but would directly affect students and institutions.
00:55In the setbacks, the government is proposing related to education and directly affect the working class.
01:01Although no actual code to free education has been confirmed, they have made it very clear that they will not
01:06be expanding social benefits in the area of education and will be cutting various scholarship and benefits that we believe
01:13are essential for students.
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