| − | On Wednesday November 13th, José Antonio Kast head of the conservative 'Acción Republicana' (Republican Action) political party in Chile, in an interview with the 'Tele 13' radio station criticized the Sebastián Piñera administration for not countering the international condemnation on the part of the mainstream media and human rights watchdogs of police brutality with video evidence of the widespread destruction of the Santiago subway 'Metro' network and explained that protesters had been firing dumdum rounds from slingshot and many had been consequently blinded in the return fire from carabiniers armed with rubber bullets amd shotgun pellets.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4FgpXfFKU José Antonio Kast Tele13Radio - 13 noviembre 2019]</ref>. | + | On Wednesday November 13th, José Antonio Kast head of the conservative 'Acción Republicana' (Republican Action) political party in Chile, in an interview with the 'Tele 13' radio station criticized the Sebastián Piñera administration for not countering the negative international coverage of the police crackdown on the violence and condemnation on the part of the various human rights groups of police brutality with video evidence of the widespread destruction of the Santiago subway 'Metro' network and explained that protesters had been firing dumdum rounds from slingshots and many had been consequently blinded in the barrage from carabiniers firing rubber bullets and shotgun pellets into the violent crowds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4FgpXfFKU José Antonio Kast Tele13Radio - 13 noviembre 2019]</ref>. |