Soldiers stand guard outside a subway station burned during last week's protests against Chile's state economic model in Santiago, Chile, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Monday evening he would meet opposition leaders to forge a "new social contract" to alleviate inequality as thousands of Chileans defied a military curfew in protest marches around the capital.
Pinera struck a conciliatory tone in a national address from the Moneda Palace in Santiago after declaring on Sunday from the city's military barracks that the country was "at war" against vandals, a statement that sparked outrage in some quarters.
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