ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> At least 26 students were arrested during an impromptu education protest that escalated in Santiago on Thursday (November 24), ahead of the official planned march later in the day.<br/> The students - predominantly of high-school age - took to the streets of the capital for the unauthorized demonstration hours before a large, cross-continental protest was scheduled for the afternoon, with the participation of university students in Chile, Colombia, Peru and Argentina.<br/> Water cannons and tear gas was employed by police to try to disperse them. Protesters reacted by attacking deployed trucks.<br/> Such clashes have become commonplace in Santiago, where students have been protesting to demand a major overhaul of the education system.<br/> They say the system is profit-motivated and provides poor education, accusing unpopular President Sebastian Pinera of misspending the fortune of a copper price boom.
