Cadem is a Chilean public polling firm that conducts regular surveys on trending topics in the nation. Recently they released results of a special report on the 2019 Chilean protests, including the declaration of a state of emergency and the imposition of the Ley Antiterrorista. For those who do not speak Spanish, here I translate into English the results of the full report, which can found here (pdf).
The report was done by telephone of 1,002 interviewees from 0900-1430 on Saturday, 19 October. This was the first day after the declaration of a state of emergency, but before the imposition of a curfew. At this point numerous Metro stations in Santiago had been destroyed by vandals, and looting of supermarkets and other stores was beginning. Unrest was primarily limited to Santiago at this time.
Furthermore, I couldn’t really translate the following figure, which is a word cloud used to answer the question, “What do you believe are the reasons that explain this spate of violence? Spontaneous results.”
![Source: CademOn the left, the biggest word is “discontent,” followed by “government,” “social,” “violence,” “[fare] hike,” “[fare] hikes,” “metro,” “inequality.”On the right, the biggest phrase is “social discontent,” followed by “political class,” …](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c53f72edaed8a9bd4967fe/1571887093384-BTOZEYEZXU1VL5VS0PA1/Capture.PNG)
Source: Cadem
On the left, the biggest word is “discontent,” followed by “government,” “social,” “violence,” “[fare] hike,” “[fare] hikes,” “metro,” “inequality.”
On the right, the biggest phrase is “social discontent,” followed by “political class,” “public transport,” “low wages,” “middle class,” “social inequality,” “basic services,” and “health education.”