The authorities were battling another round of dangerous wildfires along Chile’s Pacific coast on Wednesday night, several weeks after blazes there killed more than 100 people. Chile’s national disaster agency said on Wednesday night that several communities in the Valparaíso region were being evacuated as emergency crews battled the Cerro …
Read More »Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote
For more than a decade, architect Julio Ñanco Antilef has campaigned to rewrite Chile’s constitution, a relic from when General Augusto Pinochet ruled the country as a military dictator. But now, as Chile prepares to vote on a new draft, Ñanco Antilef finds himself in a paradoxical position: hoping to …
Read More »Women Suffer Harassment and Discrimination on Chile’s Public Transport
Perla Venegas is one of 1444 female bus drivers in the surface public transport network in Santiago, Chile, which aims at gender inclusion and offers job stability and shift flexibility compatible with family life. CREDIT: Orlando Milesi / IPS by Orlando Milesi (santiago) Monday, June 26, 2023 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, …
Read More »Chile’s Boric reshuffles cabinet after new constitution rejected
President Gabriel Boric changes leadership of six ministries in first cabinet shake-up since he took office in March. Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has shaken up his cabinet, less than 48 hours after he was dealt a resounding blow when citizens overwhelmingly rejected a new progressive constitution he had championed. Boric, …
Read More »Chile’s Constitutional Assembly presents proposal for new constitution to Chilean president
Chileans will decide whether to adopt or reject the constitution in a nationwide plebiscite on September 4. “I know, and all of Chile is conscious that this hasn’t been easy. And it’s that, dear compatriots, democracy isn’t easy,” Boric said after receiving a copy of the draft document. “Regardless of …
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