2. Arab Spring
August 2011
• Students went out on hunger strikes, banged
on pots and pans to fulfill their demands,
which were:
• More accessible and affordable university
system.
• Higher quality and equal funding for
elementary and middle schools.
• To show their disapproval of President Pinera’s
government.
3. October 2011
• Negotiations with government representatives
led by Bulnes, the education minster.
• Students withdrew from negotiations due to
Bulnes attack on a students representative.
• Spokesman blamed extremist Students for the
breakdown of negotiations.
• Two month later Blunes was replaced.
4. Outcome
• Students protesters didn’t get all their
demands.
• Students protests influenced the huge drop of
President’s Pinera’s approval rate.
• January 2012, Pinera’s approval rate hovered
around 20- 30%.
