▁has ▁been ▁estimated ▁that ▁fifty ▁thousand ▁people ▁gathered . ▁Another ▁estimate ▁puts ▁the ▁number ▁at ▁twelve ▁thousand ▁of ▁which ▁at ▁least ▁ 6 0 0 0 ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁working ▁class . ▁Consider ing ▁that ▁Santiago ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁had ▁ 3 2 0 ▁ 0 0 0 ▁inhabitants , ▁the ▁demonstr ation ▁was ▁huge . ▁A part ▁from ▁those ▁that ▁gathered ▁in ▁Santiago ▁demonstr ations ▁were ▁held ▁all ▁over ▁Chile . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁meeting ▁point ▁at ▁La ▁Al amed a , ▁a ▁demonstr ation ▁group ▁that ▁included ▁ten ▁neighborhood ▁associations ▁plus ▁ 4 1 ▁trade ▁un ions ▁and ▁mut ual ▁aid ▁soci eties ▁march ed ▁to ▁Pala cio ▁de ▁La ▁Mon eda ▁where ▁they ▁planned ▁to ▁deliver ▁a ▁pet ition ▁to ▁president ▁Germ án ▁R ies co . ▁ ▁Red ▁Week ▁Upon ▁arrival ▁to ▁La ▁Mon eda ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁president ▁Germ án ▁R ies co ▁was ▁not ▁there . ▁A ▁minor ▁group ▁of ▁protest ers ▁were ▁told ▁by ▁government ▁representative ▁that ▁the ▁president ▁was ▁at ▁his ▁residence ▁a ▁few ▁blocks ▁away . ▁This ▁minor ity ▁group ▁march ed ▁to ▁the ▁residence ▁where ▁protest ▁leaders ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁enter ▁to ▁deliver ▁the ▁pet ition ▁document ▁and ▁to ▁chat ▁with ▁the ▁president . ▁The ▁chat ▁went ▁over ▁to ▁length y ▁discuss ions . ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁protest ers ▁were ▁una ware ▁of ▁the ▁meeting ▁and ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁president ▁had ▁turned ▁his ▁back ▁on ▁them ▁by ▁ref using ▁a ▁meeting . ▁A ▁rum our ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁president