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Enraged by the tragedy of the Hercules that crashed in the ocean when it was flying to Antarctica, Chile lives key hours in which the political and social tension in the country grows again.

Two facts combine to thin the weather. On the one hand, Parliament sanctioned Andrés Chadwick , former Interior Minister and cousin of President Sebastián Piñera, by approving a "constitutional accusation" that disables him for five years to hold any public office. Piñera is the subject of similar research. On the other, the lives of a 15-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man are in danger after the use of tear gas by the police.

"These are painful events that we deeply regret," said Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel. The fact raised tension in the streets, which since the October 18 social insurrection broke out in the country never calmed down. On Wednesday night it was observed in Viña del Mar as a group of people seized a backhoe to block a road and destroy the asphalt.

"Last night (on Tuesday) we had a series of episodes and serious events that were six in the country," Blumel said. Sixty police and 17 civilians were injured . The suspected police officers "were placed at the disposal of the Prosecutor's Office to carry out criminal investigations, in addition to the internal administrative investigations that the police will conduct," the minister added.

"It is an unfair, unfounded and politicized sanction," Chadwick said after the Senate decision, which he considered proven that he seriously violated the Constitution and laws by failing to take measures to stop systematic violations of Human Rights . Chadwick was also accused of having affected constitutional rights not contemplated in the states of emergency issued as of October 18.

The president expressed his support. "He is a great public servant, with solid values ​​and an immense vocation of service," he wrote on social networks. However, as of today, Piñera will have to worry much more about her own future than Chadwick's.

The Chamber of Deputies will vote on a constitutional accusation against him, which calls into question his performance during the social outbreak, but on the same day, before the crucial session, parliamentarians must vote on the formation of an investigative commission for the transfer of 500 million dollars from the Piñera family to tax havens . All the opposition formations agreed to form that commission "that puts the relationship between politics and business that has been common in the public history of the president again in the forefront," said the site elmostrador.cl .

Piñera, who has not yet completed his first two years of government in his second stay at the Palacio de La Moneda, is living his lowest political hours, with just 13% popular approval according to the polls.

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