Chile police using Covid-19 quarantine as pretext to crush protest, activists say

Demonstrations over hunger by people thrown out of work by the pandemic have been met with violent repression

Violeta Delgado was at a protest over food shortages under Chile's coronavirus lockdowns when the police arrived and fired off a volley of teargas rounds.

Delgado, who was seven months pregnant, says she put her hands up to show she was unarmed, but was struck by a police vehicle and knocked to the ground.