randy weston. i saw him last night. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. a democracy now!clusive, we turn to chile, where an artist act of protest against student debt has gone viral. fransisco tapia, known as papas fritas, or french fries, said he burned $500 million worth of debt papers from the private university. chilean authorities are in the process of shutting down the university over financial irregularities. >> that hasn't stopped the school from collecting on his student loans. during the student takeover of the school, papas fritas took the papers, burned them and display the ashes inside a van as an art exhibition. he released a video describing what he called an act of love. it's over. you are free from debt. you don't have to pay one more cent. this is the artwork. this is the project. this is a small project. if we all have the ability to continue doing things for love, for solidarity, we will find each other again. but we have to lose the fear. the fear of the idea about criminality that the state has wanted to impose on us, that we are criminals for being