Chile: The State’s Abandonment of the People in the Face of Heavy Rains
Featured image: Poster denouncing the State of Chile in their handling of the heavy rains in Chile. Source: FAI – Chile
Heavy El Niño rains in 16 regions of Chile have so far caused 13 deaths, and massive destruction to roads and homes, leaving more than 100,000 people cut off. 1,100 homes have been destroyed or severely damaged, and some 274,000 people remain without electricity. In two provinces, Coquimbo and Huasco, a state of catastrophe has been declared, this gives the State the power to deploy the military and to restrict the freedom of movement of the people.
The Anti-imperialist Front – Chile (FAI) have denounced the State’s neglect of the people facing this catastrophe, condemning the lack of assistance afforded especially to the people in the popular neighborhoods and rural villages of the Elqui, Limarí and Choapa provinces. This, they write, have prompted the people living in the province of Coquimbo to voice their criticism of the current ultra-reactionary government with great enthusiasm.
FAI calls on the youth to serve the people of the region, to help affected families and to combat the plans of the reactionary government that is shifting the burden of the crisis onto the shoulders of the people and who have abandoned the working class families.
