During the 2019 Chilean Protests, the Walls of Santiago Dreamed of a Different World

October 2019 is a month of paramount importance in Chile’s current political imagination. On Friday, October 18, while millionaire-turned-president Sebastián Piñera celebrated the birthday of one of his grandsons in an uptown restaurant, Santiago’s downtown and working-class neighborhoods erupted in scenes of chaos not seen in decades: thousands of high-school students and enraged citizens protesting [...]