As the newspaper El Pueblo reports, the ‘Toma Dignidad’ in La Florida, Chile, suffered an arson on 12 th of November. Due to that, 60 houses were destroyed.
As it is denounced, the struggle of the residents for housing became stronger in the last years and they are combating and resisting the evictions. This is a problem for the State, specifically for the municipality of La Florida, which planned the eviction since some time ago and, as it is also denounced, would have used the old tactic of using thugs to set the fire.
Solidarity among the people flourished and several ‘Tomas’ already denounced the events. Among the ones which expressed solidarity with the ‘Toma Dignidad’ were the Coordinator of San Antonio – Cartagena, the Toma Cordillera from Puente Alto and the Toma 17 de Mayo from Cerro Navia who made a video denouncing the situation.