Piñera’s legacy: four years of crises
Sebastián Piñera is experiencing his last several hours as president of Chile. His second term has been marked by severe crises. He did not create...
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Into Chile’s ICU crisis: ‘Hospitals are swamped’
Chile is seeing persistently high numbers of coronavirus infections. Even as over 8 million citizens have been fully inoculated, ICU bed occupation is at crushingly...
Government Promulgates Mental Health Bill
SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera and Health Minister Enrique Paris announced a new mental health bill after its approval by Congress. The bill comes at...
Unemployment Rises to Highest Figure In a Decade
SANTIAGO — Unsurprisingly, the latest employment figures, corresponding to the May-July period, look bad. Unemployment increased 5.6 percentage points in twelve months. This is the...
Government to Distribute Another Three Million Food Boxes Among Poorest
SANTIAGO – In a further bid to combat the economic crisis in Chile related to the coronavirus outbreak, the Chilean government has announced another food...
Withdrawing the Pensions: Who’s Gonna Pay the 10%?
In times of pandemic, political populism has taken the media agenda. The latest crusade is the withdrawal of 10% from private pension funds (AFPs), but...
Piñera Vetoes Bill That Prohibits Cut of Basic Services During Pandemic
SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera used a presidential veto on Thursday, July 9, to suspend a bill that would prohibit companies from cutting basic services...
Plan to Support Chilean Middle Class Faces Harsh Criticism
SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera presented on Sunday, July 5, a plan to help the Chilean middle class through the current economic crisis. With a...
The Socio-Economic Crisis is Already Here
After eight long months of living in “crisis mode,” our economy is in plain deterioration. First it was the social outbreak of October 18 (18/0)...
Enrique Paris, the Minister in Charge of a Chile in Crisis
by Diego Rivera
SANTIAGO – It has been nearly two weeks since Enrique Paris replaced Jaime Mañalich as Minister of Health. A pediatrician, Dr. Paris has been thrust...