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...
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BREAKING: Interior Minister Victor Pérez Resigns As House Approves Accusation
SANTIAGO – The Chilean Minister of Internal Affairs Victor Pérez resigned on Tuesday. His resignation comes after the House of Representatives approved a constitutional accusation...
Standoff Between Mapuche and Minister After Announced Occupations
SANTIAGO — Tensions in the La Araucanía region reemerged. Six Mapuche communities sent a letter to the president saying that they would begin occupying territories...
Victor Pérez: Party Activist or Interior Minister?
It will cost Interior Minister Victor Pérez to explain why he applied “all the rigor of the law” – one of his favorite phrases –...
Constitutional Accusation Looms Despite End Truckers Strike
SANTIAGO — The truckers union announced an end to their week-long strike. The decision comes after an agreement was reached with the government. Meanwhile, opposition...
A Death, A Dance, And Waning Support: Truckers’ Strike Continues
SANTIAGO — The national truckers union started striking on Aug. 27. For almost a week now, they have been blocking main routes and slowing down...
La Araucanía in Flames
With the arrival of the new Interior Minister, Víctor Pérez (UDI), the already intense Mapuche conflict shifted into a very complex stage. The same day...
Outcry After Attack on Mapuche: “They Provoke a Civil War”
SANTIAGO – Where the attack on Mapuche activists provoked outcry and anger among Chileans, who protested both online and on the streets on Sunday, the...
The New Chilean ‘Prime Minister’: An Old Guard Conservative
SANTIAGO – Victor Pérez is the new interior minister of Chile. The most important minister post in the country, often compared with that of prime...
A Cabinet to Calm the Ruling Coalition
4:0. This score doesn’t refer to a football match but to the government’s defeat in parliament. Three votes lost in the Lower House and one...