Photo Link: Reuters/Chile: "A housing debtor runs after setting himself on fire to protest against Chile's housing system in front of the government palace in Santiago January 4, 2007. The man extinguished the flames by jumping into a pool outside the government palace and was arrested by police." (thanks, Andrew Breitbart)
Reader comment: Carlos Riquelme says,
It should be noted that on November 30, 2000, a man named Eduardo Miño set himself on fire as a way to protest by his weak and humilliating condition. He was a worker in the Pizarreño Company, sadly famous because it didn't care that his workers breathed asbestos almost everyday, actually, they were in contact with the asbestos while at work and in their homes. They lived just near by the industry, so their wifes, sons and daughters were also affected. Many people died of cancer produced by the asbestos, and still many people is sick.
Eduardo Miño was protesting because the government failed to give satisfying answers to the demands of the many of the people who were affected by the asbestos.
He died because of the burns he caused himself. It should be noted also that he was a member of the Communist party.
He also inspired a song by a famous chilean group: Link
