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Chile
By: guest5 Date: October 4, 2020, 11:12 pm
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Chile Referendum: Can it bring true equality?
[quote]Chilean lawmakers are set to hold a referendum on October
25th on the adoption of a new constitution after widespread
demonstrations over social inequality rocked the country last
year.
The vote, originally scheduled for April 2020, was postponed as
a result of coronavirus. However, opposition activists say that
was an excuse by the government to buy time and clean up damage
left by protestors.
On this episode of The Stream, we’ll look ahead to October’s
referendum and ask experts about whether it is enough to appease
protestors’ demands and establish a more equal Chilean
society.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7FA6eoT0A
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Re: Chile
By: guest5 Date: January 24, 2021, 4:33 pm
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Chile: Chaos in Santiago as police fire water cannon at
anti-government protesters
[quote]Scenes of chaos unfolded in Santiago on Friday, as police
used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who
rallied in the latest round of demonstration to demand freedom
for the people detained and tried in the framework of the
protests that began on October 18, 2019.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Plaza Baquedano were seen
clashing with police forces, throwing rocks and projectiles.
Several police officers in riot gear could be seen shielding
themselves from projectile thrown by protesters.
Santiago has been sparked by weekly demonstrations every Friday
for several months now. Demonstrators are demanding the release
of detained protesters, but also economic reforms and the
resignation of President Sebastian Pinera.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzLk3nMNQt0
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Re: Chile
By: guest55 Date: October 15, 2021, 5:55 pm
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Chile declares state of emergency over Mapuche conflict
[quote]Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera has imposed a state of
emergency over the Mapuche conflict.
The Mapuche, Chile’s largest Indigenous group, have been
involved in five centuries of struggle for their ancestral land.
Mapuche demands have been mainly met with silence, leading some
armed groups to attack trucks and farmland in the last 10 years.
With the Chilean president under pressure from right-wing
factions in his party, troops are being sent to two southern
regions hit by the violence.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQESGkq8dOs
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Re: Chile
By: 90sRetroFan Date: December 20, 2021, 10:19 pm
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HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chiles-left-cheers-boric-win-122736775.html
[quote]SANTIAGO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Chile's left partied into
the early hours of Monday with thousands taking to the street
with flags and banners in capital Santiago to celebrate the
election win of 35-year-old Gabriel Boric, who will become the
country's youngest ever President.
Boric, a former student protest leader who leads a leftist
coalition and has pledged to overhaul Chile's economic model,
firmly beat out far-right rival Jose Antonio Kast, who quickly
conceded defeat, helping give certainty to the result.
The win marked another advance for Latin America's left, and
bolstered talk of a new 'pink tide' in the region, as raging
poverty fanned by the coronavirus pandemic sways voters towards
those who promise bigger government and higher social spending.
...
Boric's rise - and the wider polarization of the vote - had
rattled Chile's markets and spooked mining firms concerned by
his rhetoric to "bury" the country's market-orientated economic
model, push higher taxes and tighten environmental regulation.
In his victory speech on Sunday, he touched upon indigenous
rights, gender equality and the environment, though he also
talked about fiscal responsibility and said he would look after
the economy. He did though take aim at mining projects that hurt
the environment.
...
Leftist leaders around the region cheered his win: Alberto
Fernandez in Argentina, Luis Arce in Bolivia, Brazilian former
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Pedro Castillo -
another outsider leftist who became Peru's President in
July.[/quote]
Another bullet dodged for now. But Kast will remain a threat so
long as he and his followers are allowed to remain alive:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/jose-antonio-kast/
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Re: Chile
By: Zea_mays Date: December 29, 2021, 9:24 pm
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[quote]If elected, Boric, who has spent the past seven years as
a congressman arguing for the ideals expressed in the social
explosion, promises to kill off the old model for good. A
Boric-led leftwing coalition would hike taxes on major
industries, ramp up public spending to overhaul services, and
scrap the private pension system that has underpinned Chile’s
capital markets. “If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it
will also be its grave,” he told a rally in July after winning
the primary for leftist bloc Approve Dignity.
[...]
In 2013, Boric was elected to congress for Magallanes as an
independent. He has since cycled through membership of several
“new left” parties—most recently Social Convergence—set up to
challenge Chile’s longstanding center-left and far left blocs.
Boric argues that the centrists, who have had previous stints in
power, were not ambitious enough to tackle the country’s deep
rooted inequality. Parts of the far-left, meanwhile, have
unnerved voters by expressing support for authoritarian leftist
regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua.[/quote]
HTML https://time.com/6121561/gabriel-boric-chile-election/
[quote]Chile's Next President Is A Leftist Millennial
Gabriel Boric, who rose the ranks during anti-government
protests, was elected after a campaign against a free-market
firebrand likened to Donald Trump.
Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest modern president when he
takes office in March. He was among several activists elected to
Congress in 2014 after leading protests for higher quality
education. On the stump, he vowed to “bury” the neoliberal
economic model left by Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s 1973-1990
dictatorship and raise taxes on the “super rich” to expand
social services, fight inequality and boost protections of the
environment.
Kast, who has a history of defending Chile’s past military
dictatorship, finished ahead of Boric by two points in the first
round of voting last month but failed to secure a majority of
votes. That set up a head-to-head runoff against Boric.
Boric was able to reverse the difference by a larger margin than
even pre-election opinion polls forecast by expanding beyond his
base in the capital, Santiago, and attracting voters in rural
areas who don’t side with political extremes. For example, in
the northern region of Antofagasta, where he finished third in
the first round of voting, he trounced Kast by almost 20 points.
Kast, 55, a devout Roman Catholic and father of nine, emerged
from the far right fringe after having won less than 8% of the
vote in 2017. He rose steadily in the polls this time with a
divisive discourse emphasizing conservative family values and
playing on Chileans’ fears that a surge in migration — from
Haiti and Venezuela — is driving crime.[/quote]
HTML https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chile-election-president-millennial_n_61bfb9d1e4b0c7d8b89127e9
Western "neoliberal" take:
[quote]Chile’s Economic Miracle Is At Risk
After three decades of democracy, the political center has
collapsed. Ahead lies a bitterly polarized presidential runoff.
A notable economic success is in danger of falling apart.
Chile has for decades been Latin America’s most stable nation
and one of its most prosperous. Its pro-business outlook has
drawn foreign direct investment and fueled economic growth, and
its record in reducing poverty has been impressive. Much of that
is now thrown into question.
[...]
The consequences of Chile’s tilt reach beyond its borders. The
collapse of the country’s economic model could cast a cloud over
the region, calling into question democracy’s ability to deliver
economic and social progress. Against the odds, and not just for
Chile’s sake, one must hope that a moderate signal lives beneath
the extremist noise.[/quote]
HTML https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-26/extremist-politics-threatens-chile-s-economic-miracle
[quote]The collapse of the country’s economic model could cast a
cloud over the region, calling into question democracy’s ability
to deliver economic and social progress.[/quote]
Will Boric be a left-wing Pinochet? The only way he can live up
to his promise of burying neoliberalism is by simultaneously
rejecting democracy.
Chile is supposedly "more democratic" than the US and many EU
nations:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
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Re: Chile
By: guest55 Date: December 30, 2021, 12:08 am
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[quote]The collapse of the country’s economic model could cast a
cloud over the region, calling into question democracy’s ability
to deliver economic and social progress.[/quote]
When well over half of your population is actively attempting to
destroy civilization it probably becomes even harder to hold an
economy together, that much we can be sure of. Here's a question
for Westerners in general, and the Western minded: Do you
believe all of the barbarian hordes that have destroyed
societies in the past did so because that was their intention
from the beginning when creating their horde's, or is the
destruction of civilization a by-product of barbarian behavior?
In a simpler form: Do barbarians destroy society intentionally,
or is the destruction of society a by product of barbarians
simply behaving as barbarians?
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Re: Chile
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 16, 2022, 3:26 pm
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Not a bad start:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-reprimand-chile-snubbing-ambassador-162619445.html
[quote](Reuters) - A diplomatic tussle intensified on Friday
after Chile's president put off accepting the credentials of
Israel's new ambassador to Santiago over the killing in the
occupied West Bank of a Palestinian teenager.
In response, Israel's Foreign Ministry summoned Chilean
ambassador Jorge Carvajal for what it called a reprimand at a
meeting where, it said, "Israel’s response will be made clear.”
...
Boric's move drew praise from the Palestinian Authority, as well
as the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza.
"We welcome the Chilean president's position, which is in line
with international law and resolutions, and we appreciate this
position aimed at applying pressure on the Israeli government to
stop its ongoing daily crimes against our people," said Ahmad
al-Deek, adviser to the Palestinian foreign minister.[/quote]
Why not end recognition of Israel altogether? Join the position
of Venezuela, and encourage Bolivia to return to its previous
position!
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Re: Chile
By: SodaPop Date: November 17, 2025, 1:56 pm
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Not sure what to make of this as I have no idea what's happening
in Chile politically, but this came across the feed so I figured
I'd post:
2025 Chile Election LIVE: Communism vs far-right| Chile votes
José Kast Presidential poll?
[quote]Chile Presidential Election LIVE: Communism vs far-right
| Chile vote presidential poll| Jeannette Vs José Kast[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHLziiM8Kb8
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Re: Chile
By: SodaPop Date: November 17, 2025, 1:59 pm
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Chile elections: Communist Party candidate Jeanette Jara appears
to be in lead | DW News
[quote]Chile is set for a run-off presidential vote next month,
after Sunday's election failed to establish a clear winner.
While vote counting is still underway, early results put leftist
Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party narrowly ahead of the
hard-right José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party. Neither
candidate managed to secure 50% of votes, which is needed to
claim victory. The election campaign was dominated by concerns
over rising crime and immigration in Chile, with calls from the
right for mass deportations. Speaking to supporters after polls
closed, Jeanette Jara criticised her right wing opponents'
fear-based campaigns.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi589t64T2w
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Re: Chile
By: 90sRetroFan Date: November 17, 2025, 3:46 pm
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See also:
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