In Chile, the head of the Santiago police special forces has been fired for his unit’s treatment of student protesters during the past week. Scores of students were beaten, tear-gassed and arrested as they took part in a country-wide walk-out to demand more spending on education. The protests drew hundreds of thousands of people, making them the largest student demonstrations Chile has seen in decades. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said her government will listen to the protesters.

• Chilean President Michelle Bachelet: “What we have seen are youngsters 16, 17-years-old, youngsters that express what is democracy in our country. They are youngsters who are as old as our democracy, youngsters that are aware of their rights and are making demands and what the government should do is listen to those demands and decide which of those demands are viable or not with transparency and seriousness.”