Chile changing: transgender student leader lends voice to renewed protests

Chilean Emilia Schneider, a transgender woman, student and political activist, attends a gathering during the public launch of the campaign for the 2020 plebiscite, in Santiago, Chile, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - As the long southern hemisphere summer holiday draws to an end this month, students in Chile are returning to college - but not always to classes. Many are getting ready to head out into the streets and breathe new life into the protests that rocked the country last year.

Organizers of marches to mark International Women's Day on Sunday are hoping to attract large crowds. Last year, an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 attended the one in Santiago.