“Avoid the area”: U.S. Embassy warns of fishermen’s protests in Valparaiso

The U.S. Embassy issued an alert to alert its citizens to the “violent demonstrations” of fishermen that have taken place in the last few days in the Valparaiso Region, due to the parliamentary discussion about the Fraccionamiento Act. According to Emol, the respondent released the warning this Thursday and is aimed at Americans who “travel or reside in Valparaiso,” with the aim of notifying them about “the violent demonstrations this week in re…

The U.S. Embassy in Chile issued a security alert to its citizens residing or travelling in the Valparaíso Region, warning about the “violent demonstrations” that have taken place this week as part of the parliamentary discussion on the Fraccionamiento Act. The U.S. consulate issued the warning on Thursday, March 27, urging U.S. citizens to “increase their awareness of the situation and avoid the area around Playa Caleta Portales until March 31.”

In recent days there have been several demonstrations by artisanal fishermen throughout the country, among them the mobilization that took place on the afternoon of last Wednesday, March 26, and that ended with acts of violence, detainees and injured police. Let us remember that these protests have occurred in the framework of the discussion of the new Fraccionamiento Law, currently under discussion in the Finance Committee of the Senate, which …

With regard to the request by the Executive to speed up the process, the Finance Commission agreed to meet on Monday, Tuesday, 8 and Wednesday, 9 April. Those days will continue to be heard by leaders of the industry and fishermen. A debate on illegal fishing of the common hake was the prelude to the round of hearings held this day, the Finance Commission, as part of the study of the project establishing a new division between the artisanal and …

"We reject violence, but we know that it is a relevant issue.This is a parliament that is not going to let itself be blackmailed or pressured by violence," said the president of the Senate Finance Commission, Felipe Kast.