Unrest in Chile’s schools rages on after weeks of sit-ins and protests. The Latin Americanist rounds up a few stories about this ongoing saga on their site today. QuePasa reports on recent incidents which they say mark the “first crisis” of Bachelet’s presidency:

Faced with the first major crisis of her three-month old term, President Michelle Bachelet proposed amending Chile’s constitution to guarantee quality education.

But as her proposal was made, police fired water cannons and tear gas on about 1,000 high school students and some adults at a barricade blocking public transport in downtown Santiago.

Leaders of the protests said more than one million students and their supporters would take part in the latest nationwide strike. They are demanding efforts by the government to close the gap between public

Bachelet is calling the protests

“…’unnecessary’ but said that by Tuesday “I will send to Congress a bill to reform the constitution, to confirm the right of all citizens to a quality education.”

She added: “The students have made felt their demands, which I have described as just and legitimate, for a better quality education, and they did it peacefully.”

See some amazing photos about all of this on Flickr.

Via / Que Pasa and The Latin Americanist

Photo via JP’s Flickr page