Violent protests for education reform in Chile

Mario Ruiz / EPA

Students riot against police during a demonstration called by university and high school students, supported by other sectors in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 9. Masked demonstrators burned cars and barricades, looted storefronts and threw furniture at police as students marched by the tens of thousands to keep pressure on the government for changes in public education. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons.

Sebastian Silva / AP

Police officers detain a demonstrator during riots after a student protest in Santiago, Tuesday.

Sebastian Silva / AP

A demonstrator stands on top of an overturned car during a student protest in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 9. Masked demonstrators burned cars and barricades, looted storefronts and threw furniture at police as students marched by the tens of thousands to keep pressure on the government for changes in public education. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons.

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Let's nickname that boy 'Lazarus'! What a wonderful story. We should never discount the power of prayer.

    Reply#1 - Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:43 PM EDT

    Wonderful end to the story, but I'd like to make one clarification. He wasn't "dead for 20 minutes." He was near death. Very near death. And death is not something that happens at a particular moment. It's a process.

    Death is something from which there is no return.

      Reply#2 - Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:53 PM EDT

      Agreed! The child was lost and then he was found. He was dead but now he is alive. AMEN.

        Reply#3 - Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:31 PM EDT
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