US EditionChileans Mark World Water Day by Protesting President Kast’s Rollback of Environmental Rules
Protesters demand stronger environmental and animal protections after President Kast halted 43 regulations protecting species and natural resources, with 1.4 million lacking drinking water, organizers said.
- On Sunday, March 22, 2026, thousands of protesters marched in Santiago, Chile, and other cities to mark World Water Day and protest President José Antonio Kast’s withdrawal of environmental decrees.
- Conservative President José Antonio Kast withdrew 43 environmental protection regulations signed during Gabriel Boric's government earlier this month.
- Environmental rules covered protections for species like Darwin's frog and the Humboldt penguin, created national parks, and outlined decontamination plans for Lake Villarrica.
- Organizers warned Chile still has 1.4 million people without drinking water, calling the move an 'environmental chainsaw approach.'
- Kast has said he acknowledges climate change but prioritizes economic deregulation and technical criteria over 'environmental ideologies', marking Chile's sharpest rightward turn since 1990.
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Eight thousand people attended a march called by various environmental organizations in rejection of the 43 environmental decrees withdrawn by the government. Seven detainees were registered in this demonstration. The protest began after 11:00 a.m. last Sunday. It was called by Water Movements and began on the outskirts of the metro Catholic University, in the direction of the Metro Los Heroes.
Thousands of Chileans protest President Kast’s environmental rollbacks on World Water Day
Thousands of people marched on Sunday in Santiago and other cities in Chile to mark World Water Day following the withdrawal of dozens of environmental decrees by arch-conservative President José Antonio Kast.
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Chileans mark World Water Day by protesting President Kast's rollback of environmental rules
Thousands of people march across Chile to mark World Water Day and protest President José Antonio Kast’s rollback of environmental rules.
Marches reported in various parts of the country for environmental protection and against withdrawal of projects by the Kast Government
Thousands of people mobilized on March 22 in various locations in Chile, under the slogan “Recovering water is recovering dignity.” Socio-environmental organizations, indigenous communities and neighbors demanded to stop the extractivist model, denouncing the decline in water rights of the Kast government.
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