More Riots, This Time Chile

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Chile's president declared a state of emergency in Santiago Friday night and gave the military responsibility for security after a day of violent protests over an increase in the price of metro tickets. The unrest started as a fare-dodging protest mainly by students against the hike in metro ticket prices, which increased from 800 to 830—peso ($1.13 to $1.17) for peak-hour travel, following a 20—peso rise in January. The fare hike was blamed on rising oil prices and a weaker peso.

Violent clashes escalated as night fell and the headquarters of the ENEL Chile power company and a Banco Chile branch, both in the city center, were set on fire and several metro stations hit with Molotov cocktails. Barricades were erected in several parts of the city and masked protestors armed with sticks and stones clashed with riot police, who repelled them with water cannon and tear gas. Residents in many districts of Santiago banged their pots in a show of support for the protestors.

The Chilean government and the legacy media blamed the fare hikes on rising oil prices. But that is not true. Oil prices are not rising. Global oil prices are currently 25 percent lower than they were a year ago and 37 percent lower than they were five years ago. In Chile, gasoline prices reflect the lower oil prices. Chilean gasoline prices were $1.12 U.S. per liter in August 2019 (the last month for which data are available), compared to $1.28 a year ago. Five years ago, Chilean gasoline sold at $1.50 U.S.

The Chilean protests, like the Yellow Vest protests that erupted in France a year ago, highlight how out of touch the international climate class is with the people they seek to govern and control. Faced with a choice between suffering certain lower living standards today or dealing with speculative climate change in the distant future, people wisely choose the latter.

Santiago Metro fares are rising, despite falling oil and gasoline prices, because government officials in 2018 traded out most of the Metro’s energy sources from conventional power to wind and solar power. The Chilean government also hit the portion of conventional power that remains with new carbon dioxide taxes.

As a result, Chileans are now burdened by higher Metro fares reflecting unnecessary energy price hikes. As Chileans protest in the streets, climate activists and their media allies want people to believe oil is to blame rather than government climate programs that raise energy prices and impoverish people.

Chile, which is hosting a major U.N. climate conference in December, earned praise from climate activists for recently imposing a carbon dioxide tax on conventional energy sources and switching the Santiago Metro system to renewable power. Now, the people of Chile are rising up and firing a shot across the bow of other nations considering similar energy taxes and expensive renewable energy programs.

Source #1 Chile's president declares state of emergency after riots over metro fare
Source #2 Expensive Climate Policies Sparked the Chile Riots, Just Like the Yellow Vest Protests in France

Sad.

The Chile's congress had to be evacuated on Friday after anti-government activists forced their way in on Friday during a mass demonstration over inequality within the South American country.

At least 19 people have died and 7,000 have been detained during the political unrest that ignited over a four-cent increase in subway fares and has transformed into a political movement targeting the country's growing inequality, according to the Guardian.

In Santiago, the nation's capital, an estimated 1 million people joined a peaceful protest march in what Karla Rubilar, Santiago's governor, described as a "historic" moment for the country. The 1 million people protesting are roughly five percent of Chile's entire population.

Source: Chile's congress evacuated as inequality protests made way onto grounds

Chile cancels COP 25 - The UN Climate Conference

Chile hiked mass transit fares to try and cover the soaring costs imposed by its climate policies mandating a transition to wind and solar energy. Its people rioted.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera just announced that his country is cancelling COP 25, the UN climate conference that was scheduled to take place in Santiago December 2 -13.

Chile also canceled APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Conference that was to open November 16th and at which President Trump had hoped to sign a major accord with China.

The shocking cancellations come as Chile has been rocked by violent protests. It appears that Chile can no longer ensure the safety of international diplomats.

The UN COP, or Conference Of the Parties, is the UN’s most important climate summit each year. CFACT, as a UN recognized observer organization, was planning to once again send a delegation.

The cancellation of the UN climate conference is massively ironic as the riots in Chile were sparked by plans to hike public transit prices to keep up with higher energy costs from, as you’ve likely guessed, “green” energy. Chile has been bragging about plans to source most of the power for its subway system from wind and solar. It was to be the perfect climate talking point -- until reality intruded. The inefficient, intermittent nature of so-called “renewables” increases prices wherever they are used.

The refusal of Chilean citizens to tolerate with Green energy price hikes have been compared to the “Yellow Vest” protests in France.

Chile has rolled back the Metro fare hikes, yet the protests have gone on. Up to a million protesters took to the streets of Santiago last week. They tried to force entry into the Chilean Congress forcing legislators to flee as riot police covered their escape with tear gas.

There is no word yet on UN plans to postpone or move the conference. With just a month until the conference was scheduled to begin, rescheduling will be very difficult logistically.

Chile is South America's greatest economic success story. However, like other countries in the region, it still has its struggles.

Forcing people to tighten their belts to pay for inefficient "Green” energy to address a faux global warming “crisis" may have been the straw that broke the camel's back.

Source: Craig Rucker

(I forget who first made this joke.)

"The Earth undergoes one revolution every 24 hours. The rate is quite a bit faster in Central and South America."

Hard to tell from a distance, through the usual left-wing media spin, but it sounds like it might be another phase of the world people's revolution against the globalist aristocracy.