SANTIAGO – For the second consecutive month, a poll administered by Adimark has determined that the Minister of the National Service of Women (Sernam), Carolina Schmidt, is currently the best-evaluated member of the cabinet of Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. The January survey showed that Schmidt had an approval rating 78%, down one point from December when [...]
SANTIAGO – Fulfilling a commitment to the country made in his Message to the Nation speech on May 21, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, together with his Minister of Justice Teodoro Ribera, this morning in La Moneda Palace officially created the national Secretariat on Human Rights. The president explained that “up until now our institutions regarding human [...]
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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – Despite the worldwide effects of the economic disaster of 2008 and the following recession, Latin America has emerged in a better position than many of its North American and European partners. Leaders from Brazil, Mexico, and Chile, including Chilean Minister of the Treasury Felipe Larraín, gathered with world leaders this week at the World [...]
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BERLIN – The vice president of the University of Chile’s Student Federation (FECh), Camila Vallejo, begins her tour of Europe in order to meet social and political actors across Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. The student leader left yesterday from Santiago en route to Berlin, where she will meet with the Board of the Trade [...]
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SANTIAGO – Yesterday, the family of renowned Chilean singer and poet, Víctor Jara, asked Minister of Defense Andrés Allamand and the Armed Forces for their cooperation in the investigation into his murder. Along with lawyer Nelson Caucoto, Joan Turner de Jara and her daughter Manuela asked for information on human rights violations in the Víctor Jara case as [...]
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SANTIAGO – Today, the General Secretary of State Cristián Larroulet said that “this project is a historical event and a real democratic revolution,” adding that “today, the most important political reform of the last 50 years is done.” The signing of the electoral reforms into law was headed by the President Sebastián Piñera during a [...]
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SANTIAGO – The Chamber of Deputies has approved, by a vote of 56 for to 44 against, a new law that reduces the interest rate on state-backed student loans from 6% to 2%. During the debate, María José Hoffmann (UDI party) claimed that the decision was “unfair” and divided students in two different categories, since although state-backed [...]
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SANTIAGO – The Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and the National Renewal (RN) party have called for the governing party to meet with the interior minister to discuss the binominal election system, in order to reach an agreement on how it should be reformed. “We need to define the criteria on what we are going to [...]
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SANTIAGO- On Monday, Jan 16, the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Cristián Larroulet, stated that “in 2011 we made significant achievements in all areas and this year we will work more intensively to advance even further”. The Government Outcomes report is prepared by the Research Department of the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency. Education [...]
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SANTIAGO – “Mr. President, do not isolate yourself, but the UDI – we will undergo a reform if the binominal system, automatic entry into the voter registry, and the voluntary vote are eliminated – which will generate a huge contribution to Chilean democracy. UDI has abused the President. In twenty years of the Concertación, I [...]
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