The World - News from May 14, 1986
Chilean police used tear gas grenades to disperse reporters who marched through downtown Santiago to protest the military government’s restrictions on the press, witnesses said. About 40 reporters carried placards calling for less government control on television news, an end to harassment by police and a favorable response to a request to publish a new, independent newspaper.
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