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: The momentum of the movement eventually helped propel former student leader Gabriel Boric to the presidency in 2021. Artistic and Cultural Expression

Chile's Estallido Social and the Art of Protest - Sociologica Estallido

: While 78% of voters approved the idea of a new constitution in 2020, the first resulting draft was rejected by 62% of voters in September 2022. : The momentum of the movement eventually helped

The Estallido was characterized by a massive "art of protest". Walls were covered in murals and stencils, and performance pieces like by the collective Las Tesis became global symbols of feminist resistance. Walls were covered in murals and stencils, and

: Secondary school students began a coordinated campaign of jumping subway turnstiles to protest a fare increase.

: The movement's defining motto, "It’s not 30 pesos, it’s 30 years," signaled that the frustration was with three decades of social and economic exclusion.