First day of voting concludes in Chile; 23,000 soldiers guard ballot boxes overnight
More than 23,000 militaries guarded the ballot boxes. More than three million Chileans cast their vote this Saturday in the...
May 16, 2021Topic
chile politics
Background: De-privatization of water, the great promise to constituents in Chile’s new constitution
Rosalba Quiróz, a descendant of a family of small cattle ranchers in Petorca, a rural town in central Chile, lives...
May 13, 2021
Analysis: Chile’s upcoming election between discredited parties and underfunded independents
Some experts see the phenomenon of independent candidacies in Chile's constituent elections as the beginning of a new model of...
May 12, 2021
Five keys for a better understanding of the mega-elections that will define Chile’s future
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The "most important elections since the plebiscite marked the end of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990)",...
May 10, 2021
Chile begins the third pandemic pension withdrawal: up to US$19 billion may be withdrawn
Chileans began this Monday the process to withdraw, for the third time since the beginning of the pandemic, their pension...
May 3, 2021
Political future of Chilean President increasingly uncertain
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera...
April 28, 2021
Chilean president’s approval drops to 9% due to his opposing third pension withdrawal
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera's approval plummeted to 9%, the lowest mark of his second term, in the midst of the...
April 26, 2021
Resounding approval of pension withdrawal in Chile leaves the government without support
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Friday's overwhelming approval in the Chilean Parliament of a bill that allows citizens to withdraw...
April 24, 2021
Piñera proposes to postpone constituent elections in Chile to May due to the pandemic
The president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, proposed this Sunday, March 28th, to Congress the deferral of the municipal and constituent...
March 28, 2021