More Snow/ mas nieve

a snowy day... if you live in Santiago's foothills  / un dia con nieve, solo si vives en la precordillera, como las cabras

Yup, we are still on strike or something like that

My high brow alma mater is on strike or at least part of it. There were a sudden and unexpected awakening and severa PUC students  have started to raise their voices in order to change the system or something like, They are trying to raise awareness in favour of social justice, equality  and a fare educational system but their little voices are heard ony between themselves. They scream and speak loud but the external noise is more oppresive than their voices and sometimes it is really hard to listen among too many cries. I think it is really difficult to find some certainty between this one way discussion. A sort of catch 22 situation, I dare to say,

Snow in Santiago

yup, sometimes it snows in  Santiago/ A veces cae nieve en Santiago

If You don't go to the demonstration

The demonstration goes to you..

Si Mahoma no va a la protesta, la protesta va donde Mahoma

We are still on strike

This Wall painting summarizes the students' request . The Chilean State does not invest its gross income appropiately, consequently, Chilean education is dramatically meagre and helps to reproduce a system which encourages social injustice and inequality. At the same time, the Wall painting is an open irony against globalization. ( an pure example of the think globally, act locally philosophy)

THe quote belongs to John F. Kennedy and the translation says something like this: those who  don't allow the pacific revolution, they will promote the violent revolution ( I know, it's a horrible translation but you can google the spanish version and find the original one)

Student's strike : Universidad de Chile Main Campus occupation

  Studens are currently fighting for free education for all. Consequently,  students  from Universidad de Chile are storming into their main campus  to occupy peacefully as an act of protest. In case you don´t know, Universidad de Chile is the most important public University in this country, it stands for the republicans values of the nation. At the same time, Universidad de Chile is suffering the consequences of the free market system that rules tertiary education. Besides, a great number of their students can´t afford the excessive  costs of attending university  because tuitions are excessive, there are very few scholarships and interest rates of student loans are the legal equivalent to usury.

Cesante Ilustrado/ protesta estudiantil

 I don't know how to  translate  this phrase. Perhaps it may be rephrased as erudite jobless or something like that. Anyway,   this " title" is a cruel irony regarding tertiary education and the work world, because a " cesante ilustrado" is an individual who will study four, five, six, or ten years in order to get a university degree but when he or she leaves college, the " cesante ilustrado" won't be able to find a job.

Nowadays Education is a current issue in Chile. Students ( from public universities and secondaries schools) are demonstrating  against  Education statuo quo: they want non profit tertiary education and equal accessability to all.  However, the right wing chilean government  is not giving an inch in favour of students' claims. Well, maybe just a little. Nevertheless, this is an interesting debate which is happening now in Chile and nobody is fully aware of how both sides will work out this issue.