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Police fire water cannons to disperse protesters on the emblematic Plaza Italia square, epicentre of the social unrest movement, as voting continues in Chile for a referendum on whether to change a dictatorship-era constitution seen as underpinning the nation's glaring inequalities. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledges a probe into complaints that foreign news crews covering the street protests against racism and police brutality were mistreated. "You should know and those countries should know we will handle them in a completely appropriate way. We'll do our best to investigate them," he tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Protesters armed with Molotov cocktails clash with police near the venue for Latin America's biggest music festival. It is the latest spurt of a four-month old wave of grassroots anger over economic inequality and other woes. IMAGES
Police in Chile fire tear gas on thousands of protesters gathered in Santiago's Plaza Italia square, where demonstrations against social and economic inequality have been going on for a fifth week in a row. IMAGES
Violent clashes break out between Chile's riot police and protesters in Santiago. Protesters have been taking to the streets for two and a half weeks to call out the country's failing neo-liberal economic development system. Chile's president earlier denied allegations that police killed, tortured and sexually assaulted civilians during the deadly protests against him. IMAGES
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