Chile calls for tougher penalties to crack down on fare hike protests
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Chile’s government said on Friday it would ask the courts to use a state security law to impose tougher penalties on youth who have been protesting a recent hike in bus and metro fares by jumping turnstiles and disrupting transport in the capital.