Meat riots

Meat riots
Dragoons roaming the streets
Date 22–24 October, 1905 Location Chile Result Protests repressed, meeting repressed, Chilean government victory
Belligerents
Workers protesters	Government of Chile Chilean Army
Commanders and leaders
	Germán Riesco Roberto Silva Renard
Casualties and losses
230 killed	20 killed

Economic history of Chile
Colonial era Colonial mining Real Situado Hacienda Encomienda Alerce logging Century of wheat Bourbon reforms
Early republic Independence debt Silver rush Wheat cycle Early coal mining Long Depression
Saltpetre Republic Saltpetre War "Oreros" and "Papeleros" Sheep-farming boom Tierra del Fuego gold rush Meat riots Great Depression
Internal growth Copper mining during World War II CORFO (Production Development Corporation) UN Economic Commission Land reform Copper nationalization Vuskovic plan
Return of liberalism Chicago Boys El ladrillo 1982 crisis "Miracle of Chile" Asian crisis 2004 energy crisis
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The Meat riot (Spanish: Huelga de la carne), in the Chilean capital Santiago in October 1905, was a violent riot that originated from a demonstration against the tariffs applied to the cattle imports from Argentina.^[1][2]