Tag: Chile

Chile’s constitutional assembly elects new president (Al Jazeera)

The Chilean assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution in the South American nation has elected a new president. After nine rounds of voting on Tuesday and...

Gabriel Boric wins Chile’s presidential election (Al Jazeera)

A left-wing legislator who rose to prominence during anti-government protests in Chile has been elected the country’s next president. With almost 99 percent of polling...

‘Still a lot of pain’: Dictatorship victims haunt Chile election (Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera)

Samuel Burgos Espejo was just a child when soldiers killed his older brother, one of the victims of a 1973-1990 Chilean dictatorship that saw thousands of...

Chilean democracy faces a critical test (Jennifer Pribble, Al Jazeera)

On December 19, far-right candidate José Antonio Kast will face off against Gabriel Boric of the Apruebo Dignidad left-wing coalition in Chile’s second-round presidential...

China-Chile trade to reach record high in 2021 despite global headwinds: envoy (Yin Yeping, Global Times)

While the pandemic continues to disrupt supply chains creating unprecedented challenges for international trade, economic cooperation between China and Chile, two countries that are...

Runoff looms in Chile as far-right Kast leads presidential vote (Al Jazeera)

A far-right former congressman is leading Chile’s presidential election and looks likely to face a runoff with a former student activist. With nearly 97 percent...

Chile declares state of emergency over Mapuche conflict (Al Jazeera)

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes have broken out between Mapuche Indigenous people...

Chile. How Chile implemented its computer science education program (Brian Fowler and Emiliana Vegas, Brookings)

Computer science (CS) education helps students acquire skills such as computational thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration. It has been linked with higher rates of college...

Chile – Son of Chile Indigenous leader killed in restive province (Al Jazeera)

The son of a leader of Chile’s Mapuche people has been shot dead by police in the restive Araucania province, local media reported, in...

Chile – Mapuche woman to lead body drafting Chile’s new constitution (Al Jazeera)

The architects of Chile’s new constitution have chosen an Indigenous Mapuche woman to lead the process, as the country’s constitutional assembly was inaugurated on Sunday in...

Chile – Chile begins ‘beautiful challenge’ of drafting new constitution (Odette Magnet, Al Jazeera)

A feeling of widespread anticipation hangs over Chile, as the country’s newly elected constitutional assembly will be inaugurated on Sunday. The assembly – made up of a...

Chile – Chile’s Constitutional Revolution (Project-Syndicate)

ANDRÉS VELASCO Chile’s Constitutional Revolution by Andrés Velasco - Project Syndicate (project-syndicate.org)

Chile – Unions in Chile lead demands for emergency aid as pandemic bites (Al Jazeera)

Lucia Newman Unions demand emergency assistance, higher wages as.prolonged pandemic leaves people with nothing to eat. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/1/unions-in-chile-lead-demands-for-emergency-aid-as-pandemic-bites

CHILE – A fight for survival among Chile’s Indigenous people (Al Jazeera)

It is a story you may not have heard: the eternal conflict of Chile’s Indigenous people fighting against government and industry for recognition and...

CHILE – Chile’s Mapuche people vs the State: A battle for ancestral lands (Al Jazeera)

We travel to Chile to meet some of the Mapuche groups on the offensive to reclaim their culture. In Chile, the Mapuche communities make up...