President Piñera also announced a suspension of the fare increase on Tuesday, as well as proposed new changes and apologized to his country.

Protester holding signs that read "Troops off streets, end repression", "1,908 detained, 269 seriously injured, 18 tortured, 15 deaths" and "Free children, end repression now!" (Adriana Morga/KQED)

The recent events have been compared to the situations from the 30-year dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that ended in the 1990s.

While the president of Chile, Sebastian Piñera, is said to have a $2.8 billion net worth, protesters continue to march against the economic circumstances that has made Chile's rate of income inequality one of the worst in Latin America.

Natalia Neira Retamal, co-director of "La Peña Cultural Center" in south Berkeley. Retamal's has the hashtag "Resign Piñera". (Adriana Morga/KQED)

“Now we are seeing the general public [is] being affected by the violence of the government," said Natalia Neira Retamal, co-director of "La Peña Cultural Center" in south Berkeley. "By this emergency situation that leaves the military have a total control of the country, and by now our generation is an expert in protest by this point.”

Dennis Maxwell, Chilean residing in the U.S, his sign reads "Have strength Chile, do not give up, we need a need a new constitution, viva Chile". (Adriana Morga/KQED)

“We are seeing a reality that is being endured in Chile at this moment. And it is time to say enough, enough of the abuses," said Dennis Maxwell, a Chilean-born independent producer of podcasts. "The people of Chile has risen because they are absolutely tired of having corrupt politicians that govern them."

“My brother moved to Chile 6 years ago and works in the airport but has to work in 2 or 3 other jobs to be able to feed his family. He experiences the inequality and he is with the cause," said Adrian Escarate, a Chilean raised in Miami. "And even when I do not support the violence, I do not support the looting, this has to be pacific and that is how an agreement will be reached.” (Adriana Morga/KQED)

Protesters jumping while singing "If you don't jump you are Piñera" which prompted everyone in the crowd to start jumping. Sebastian Piñera is the current president of Chile. (Adriana Morga/KQED)

Leslie Diaz, Chilean-American attending the solidarity protest in front of the Chilean embassy in San Francisco. Her signs read "Chile has woken up. Thanks for shouting what my parents and grandparents kept in silence out of fear" and "Chile is not for sale. Neither right nor left, we only want for the corrupted to go to hell!"

“No more oppression, no more inequality," said Francisca Zapata a Chilean residing in San Francisco since 2016. "We are here so they [the Chileans] know we did not escape Chile, we came here for a better quality of life but we are always there with our hearts.”

La Peña Cultural Center, which helped organize Thursday's protest, will co-host an event called "What is happening Chile?" on Sunday, Oct. 27, together with Wallmapu Support Committee, a committee advocating for the right of the Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina.

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