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Chile constitutional referendum: New draft law facing strong opposition

Chileans will be returning to the polls next month to vote on a new draft constitution.It seeks to replace the current law, which was written under a militar...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AldoValle #Chile #Chileconstitutionalreferendum #GabrielBoric #HernanHochschild #IndependentVPConstitutionalCouncil #NGOLetsTalkAboutChile #Politics #PresidentGabrielBoric #Santiago
Chile constitutional referendum: New draft law facing strong opposition

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#China Has Opened Up Secret #Police Stations in These Countries

source: https://www.newsweek.com/china-overseas-police-service-center-new-york-city-crime-1753242

In the United States, the report's open-source data indicated one such service center in #NewYork City. In #Canada, three were established in #Toronto.

In South #America, there was one each in #Quito and #Guayaquil, #Ecuador; #Rio de Janeiro and #SãoPaulo, #Brazil; #BuenosAires, #Argentina; and #Viña del Mar, #Chile.

Most of the Chinese overseas police stations were located in #Europe, including nine in #Spain, the most of any country on the list: three in #Madrid, three in #Barcelona, two in #Valencia and one in #Santiago de Compostela.

#Italy was hosting the second-most stations in Europe with four: #Rome, #Milan, #Florence and #Prato.

In #France, three service centers were operating out of #Paris. #Portugal also hosted one each in #Porto, #Lisbon and #Madeira. In United Kingdom, the report found two in #London and one in #Glasgow.

The #Netherlands was hosting two such centers in #Amsterdam and #Rotterdam, respectively, while the #CzechRepublic had two in #Prague. #Budapest, #Hungary, also had two, one for each of the #Fuzhou and #Qingtian police bureaus—a common phenomenon across Europe.

European countries each hosting only one Chinese police station included #Dublin, #Ireland; #Bratislava, #Slovakia; #Frankfurt, #Germany; #Athens, #Greece; #Stockholm, #Sweden; #Vienna, #Austria; #Odessa, #Ukraine; and #Belgrade, #Serbia.

In #Africa, #BeninCity, #Nigeria; #Maseru, #Lesotho; and #DarEsSalaam, #Tanzania, each hosted one.

In Asia, at least one police center was operating out of #Ulaanbaatar, #Mongolia; #Sirdaryo, #Uzbekistan; #BandarSeriBegawan, #Brunei; #Tokyo, #Japan; and #PhnomPenh, #Cambodia.

China wants to be the new world police 😱

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Historic Palacio Pereira in Santiago turned into Chile's Ministry of Culture

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Chile's Ministry of Culture

Architects Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco and Alberto Moletto have restored Santiago's Palacio Pereira, an abandoned 19th-century neoclassical mansion, turning it into offices where Chile's new constitution will be written.

The building, which was designed in the mid 1800s by French architect Lucien Hénault is now the headquarters for the country's Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage.

Abandoned mansion in Santiago restored and turned into government officesThe mansion was built in the neoclassical style by French architect Lucien Hénault

Cecilia Puga and Paula Velasco, who collaborate in a partnership, worked with Moletto Arquitectos founder Alberto Moletto on the project.

The trio of Santiago-based architects, led by Puga, won the competition to renovate the building in 2012.

Interiors of Palacio Pereira by Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco and Alberto MolettoThe building is now offices for Chile's government

Instead of restoring the building to an exact copy of its original state, the architects added contemporary additions to places where the historic building had crumbled away .

"The project's material strategy sought to draw attention to the complexity of inhabiting such a structure," said the architects.

"Prioritizing neither the new intervention nor the character of the elegant wreckage of the Palacio Pereira."

Bronze helical staircase in Interiors of Palacio Pereira by Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco and Alberto MolettoA bronze helical staircase connects floors where the original mezzanine level collapsed

A complex grid of concrete pillars restores the shape of the original courtyard where the building had been partially demolished.

The courtyard originally separated the family rooms from the services areas when the building was a grand house. Now levels of offices with floor-to-ceiling glazing look out through the concrete pillars onto the courtyard.

Courtyard of Interiors of Palacio Pereira in Santiago with concrete columnsContemporary additions have restored the form of the original courtyard

"Given the collapse of original mezzanines in many areas of the building, such as the ones destinated to be a public cafeteria and book store, we let the fabric of the building exposed and in full height without rebuilding ceilings or covering surfaces," added the architects.

In these areas, the 15-metre-high ceilings have been accentuated by a pair of helical staircases clad in bronze.

Throughout its lifetime the building suffered damage in earthquakes and after the 1973 coup d'état.

When it was designated a national monument in 1981 it was already in a state of disrepair that worsened over decades of abandonment

Exterior of courtyard with concrete pillarsPillars replace walls that had crumbled or been demolished

Palacio Pereira was bought by the government in 2011 and it launched a competition to restore and convert the mansion into offices for the culture ministry.

The offices will be one of the venues for Chile's Constitutional Convention, where a new constitution will be written for the country following protests and riots that began in October 2019.

1800s mansion with concrete columns in Chile restoration projectChile's new convention will be written in the Palacio Pereira

Local photographer Cristobal Palma documented the city's boarded-up streets during this period of unrest in a photo essay for Dezeen.

More historic buildings given a new lease of life in the city include a 1930s mansion that's now a fintech startup's offices and an abandoned public education building that's been turned into a family health centre.

Photography is by Cristobal Palma.


Project credits:

Team leader: Cecilia Puga

Architects : Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco, Alberto Moletto

Restauration consultants : Alan Chandler, Fernando Pérez, Luis Cercós

Structural engineer: Pedro Bartolomé, Cristian Sandoval

Collaborating architects : Sebastián Paredes, Osvaldo Larrain, Emile Straub, Danilo Lazcano

Video and images : Gabriela Villalobos, Rebecca Emmons

Physical models : Alejandro Luer, Francisca Navarro

Signage project: Gonzalo Puga, Claudio Cornejo

Interior design: Alexandra Edwards, Carolina Delpiano

Light project : Neftali Garrido, Alejandra Jobet, Silk-screened Ceilings, Pascal Chautard

Photographic register: Felipe Fontecilla

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Chileans is rising up against a rise in metro fares. Dirty cops in the country beat people indiscriminately in a metro compartment and shoot a protester in a station. They are similar to Hong Kong dirty police!!!! Fuck!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

#Chile #Santiago #Chiledespierta #ChileDesperto

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#智利 #聖地亞哥 #智利甦醒 #智利醒來

The Guardian: Chile students' mass fare-dodging expands into city-wide protest

《衛報》:智利學生大舉逃票 演變成全市示威

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/chile-students-mass-fare-dodging-expands-into-city-wide-protest

Video Source: @ALERTADESISMO and @Gerrrty Twitter

https://twitter.com/ALERTADESISMO/status/1185242261870858241

https://twitter.com/Gerrrty/status/1185319934634680321