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SANTIAGO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Chilean students protested here outside the Education Ministry1 and some schools that will serve as polling stations early Tuesday, reaffirming calls for education reform ahead of presidential primaries.
Nearly 50 middle-school and university students demonstrated outside the main entrance to the ministry as a large police contingent2 stood guard inside.
The move was to "reaffirm the demands, which are now being badly handled in these elections. They are confusing free education with scholarships, for example," said university students' spokesman Andres Fielbaum.
Isabel Salgado, spokeswoman for the Middle School Coordinating3 Assembly (Aces4), demanded Education Minister Carolina Schmidt acknowledge their calls for education reform.
She called in a statement for continued struggle for free, quality public education and denounced both the ruling and opposition5 political parties.
"The two camps ... will never be able to resolve the demands of the social and student movement, since they only defend and side with the country's powerful economic sectors," Aces said.
On the same day, Chilean Defense6 Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter dismissed the possibility of resorting to the military to evict7 the protesters from the schools that are supposed to be voting stations during the presidential primaries slated8 for Sunday.
He discussed the matter with Interior Minister Andres Chadwick, and "the Ministry of the Interior will see to it with the police," Hinzpeter added.
Over the past week, student protesters have occupied and closed about 100 schools, demanding the overhaul9 of Chile's increasingly privatized education system. They have held several demonstrations10 in order to influence the upcoming primaries.
The Chilean government has warned that it will use all legal means, including evicting11 the students from the premises12, to guarantee the primaries to take place as planned.
In the primaries, the ruling and opposition parties will pick their candidates for the presidential elections in November.
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1 ministry | |
n.(政府的)部;牧师 | |
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adj.视条件而定的;n.一组,代表团,分遣队 | |
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v.使协调,使调和( coordinate的现在分词 );协调;协同;成为同等 | |
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4 aces | |
abbr.adjustable convertible-rate equity security (units) 可调节的股本证券兑换率;aircraft ejection seat 飞机弹射座椅;automatic control evaluation simulator 自动控制评估模拟器n.擅长…的人( ace的名词复数 );精于…的人;( 网球 )(对手接不到发球的)发球得分;爱司球 | |
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n.反对,敌对 | |
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n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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7 evict | |
vt.驱逐,赶出,撵走 | |
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8 slated | |
用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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9 overhaul | |
v./n.大修,仔细检查 | |
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10 demonstrations | |
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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11 evicting | |
v.(依法从房屋里或土地上)驱逐,赶出( evict的现在分词 ) | |
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12 premises | |
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