Chilean leader tries to calm unrest with wage rises and taxes on rich

Sebastiin Pinera announces plans after riot police use teargas to disperse protesters

The Chilean president, Sebastiin Pinera, has called for modest rises to low incomes and increased taxes on the rich after the fifth night of anger on the streets raised the death toll in the unrest to 15.

Rioting, arson attacks and violent clashes wracked Chile on Tuesday night. About half of the normally stable country's 16 regions remained under an emergency decree and some were subject to a military curfew, the first since Chile returned to democracy in 1990, barring natural disasters.