Fridays for Future activist says Chile avoided scrutiny by dropping out as COP25 host

This week, we’re broadcasting from the 2019 United Nations climate change conference in Madrid, otherwise known as COP25. The conference was originally intended to take place in Santiago, Chile, but was moved to Madrid after hikes in the subway fare sparked a wave of nationwide protests. The decision to relocate was a “strategic move” on the part of the government to shift focus away from the mounting anti-government demonstrations, says Chilean activist Angela Valenzuela. “Our president was not willing to listen to people and have an open dialogue,” she says. Valenzuela is an artist and a coordinator with Fridays for Future in Chile.

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[dogcatparty]

Thousands of Christopher Reeves (best friend and career booster for Robin Williams) 'Superman' fans should listen to this video because (read his autobiography) he flew to Chile to help free an actor from prison. His visit helped, the actor was released. Christopher Reeves visit to free a political prisoner, a fellow actor, makes Chile a more relatable location on the map (instead of just another foreign country). December 2019

[xxxtino]

How often has Subway fair been raised, an sparked roits of this magnitude for it? Is your country better for what you guys done to it? Did it improve your way of living? Is all the death worth it? Did anything change positively? Does you getting what you want promote American interest? The answers to all these questions will no doubtedly be " NO "

[robroy]

The people being abused in Chile today aren’t being helped by this interview. Better for you to put yourself between the oppressors and the oppressed than preaching to the choir.

[russelmurray]

Pathetic hope is a vacant word quit eating animals n the key to life is will not hope action not words how we live everyday what we eat n do n purchase