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Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Chile on Saturday to press center-left President Michelle Bachelet to follow through with ambitious reforms she pledged before assuming power less than two weeks ago. The protest in downtown Santiago, dubbed "the march of all marches," was the first of Bachelet's new term and the biggest political demonstration in the world's top copper exporter since massive student protests in 2011. Police said there were 25,000 protesters but organizers of the march said at least 100,000 people turned out, even without core groups of student protesters active in the past. The march underscored lingering frustrations in Chile and higher expectations following four years of unpopular conservative former president Sebastian Pinera.More...