Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said late Saturday that authorities will suspend a plan to increase the price of Metro tickets after a week of protests led to the death of three people in a supermarket fire.
The supermarket incident in the country's capital of Santiago Saturday marked the first deaths resulting from the protests. Chile's military was called on to restore order and the Santiago metro region was placed under curfew until 6 a.m. Sunday morning, Eastern time.