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Growing Pains: Former Student Leaders Step into Electoral Politics Amid Continuing Mobilization in Chile

By Peter D'Amato

As Chile's student marches continue, some former leaders of the movement are transitioning to electoral politics, looking to win seats in parliament come November.

In 2011, a nationwide reform movement swept Chile, with teachers, students and their families filling the streets to demand free, quality public education. As student marches and police crackdowns continue into 2013, some former leaders of the movement are transitioning to electoral politics, looking to win seats in parliament come November.

View an exclusive slideshow of some of these student leaders and the recent protests in which they participated.


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