L he Minister of Energy, Laurence Golborne, announced at the end of 48 hours of negotiations with various social sectors of Punta Arenas, 3,000 km of Santiago, a compromise was reached on a 3% increase in gas prices, slightly closer to the rates prevailing in the rest of Chile.
It cost far less than eight times in the rest of the country, but the subpolar region, where gas is used all year for heating and Transportation is also the second most expensive after Santiago de Chile.
The Deputy Interior Minister Rodrigo Ubilla said the agreement provided assistance " some 18,000 vulnerable families in the region in 2011 " to offset the effect of the increase.
Magallanes region in Patagonia Chile was mobilized for two weeks and been on strike for seven days to protest against a planned increase of 17% of the price of gas, ultra-sensitive topic in this region where the temperature reaches than 15 degrees in summer.
incidents around demonstrations were two deaths, two women knocked down by a car on a barricade, last Wednesday during the day's most tense.
Since the beginning of the movement, some 200 people were arrested. Dams on the lines of communication have also blocked thousands of tourists, especially from neighboring Argentina, until this weekend.
The tension in the region had prompted the Chilean government to invoke Sunday a "security law " dating from the dictatorship (1973-90), which authorizes military intervention if necessary to maintain public order and provides the heavier of any convictions.
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