Piñera’s Legacy Obsession and Plan B
President Sebastián Piñera has presented seven priorities for the rest of his government. As an apparent secondary but really central concern, he mentioned his legacy....
Author : Germán Silva Cuadra
Ministers’ New Pastime: Abandoning the Government
According to an implicit rule, ministers must leave when they lose the president’s confidence. In a courteous manner, an adviser will call and ask the...
The Right Turns Right as the Opposition Remains K.O.
The deadline for registering the lists to compete for the 155 seats to draw up the new Constitution must have left thousands of citizens quite...
Summing Up 2020 in One Unfortunate Image
This year will remain in the collective memory of the world, and of course of Chileans. And although the political event of the year was...
It’s Not Just the Government But Also the Opposition
Polling firm Criteria’s most recent monthly survey – one of the methodologically most solid – showed that President Sebastián Piñera’s November approval rating reached barely...
The Government’s Ideological Defeat
The government is badly wounded. It had to concede and even stomach important defeats in parliament and the constitutional plebiscite. But how will the opposition...
Legislative Populism and Economic Projections Raise Concerns
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a second 10 percent pension fund withdrawal. As a parliamentary initiative, led by Partido Humanista representative Pamela Jiles,...
The Fall of Interior Minister Víctor Pérez
Víctor Pérez lasted three months as Interior Minister. He resigned after the lower house approved a constitutional indictment. His management was always linked to conflict...
Citizen Triumph and the Final Burial of Pinochet
On Sunday, a part of our country’s history began a process of definite closure. The overwhelming triumph of Apruebo and the constitutional convention has exceeded...
Mario Rozas, the Chief of Carabineros, Needs to Go
After the dictatorship, and although Carabineros de Chile’s Director General was part of the junta, the police force could position itself as the most respected...