The “Chicago Boys” applied free-market reforms to Chile in the 1970s. (Cinema Chile) EspañolI was surprised this week to see one of the most important events in Chilean economic history go almost completely unnoticed, lending credence to the old saying “good news is never news.” A recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report focused
EspañolTransparency has been the buzzword in Chile for the past two weeks, as it has begun to appeal to politicians of all stripes. However, if recent events have made anything clear, it is that 26 years after the end of Augusto Pinochet’s reign, the emperor still has no clothes. Two principal
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> The Bachelet administration would prefer to be “well liked” by repressive regimes than speak out against Venezuela’s UN Security Council nomination. (PanAm Post) EspañolIn Chile, foreign policy typically does not take center stage in the press, except in rare instances of tension with our neighbors to the ... Read More
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> MarÃa Laura Liscano speaks out against the Castro regime’s harassment of the Venezuelan opposition in Chile. (Terra) EspañolOn Tuesday, Venezuelan activist MarÃa Laura Liscano denounced Cuban espionage against opponents of the Nicolás Maduro regime who reside in Chile, following Monday’s report by Chilean television station Mega. Liscano calls ... Read More
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> Colombia’s Senate is on track to pass a new compulsory-voting law in time for the next election. (Globovisión) EspañolColombia may soon join the list of Latin-American countries with compulsory voting laws. On Thursday, September 25, a Senate committee approved the proposal as part of President Juan ... Read More
A key education reform introduced by Chilean President Michele Bachelet is one step closer to enactment, and with it a tightening of controls over otherwise independent schools. On September 29, the Education Committee of Chile’s House of Representatives approved two reforms that would curtail student selection in the private sector for
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> EspañolPolitics in Latin America are as divided as the polarization generated by the writers Carlos Alberto Montaner and Ãlvaro Vargas Llosa. Just as countries in the region have joined the liberal-leaning Pacific Alliance, while others adopt 21st-century socialist policies, admirers and detractors of these two prominent representatives ... Read More
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> In Chile, “terrorism” is a powerful rhetorical device capable of stalling any discussion on the problems of the present. (Flickr) EspañolThe month of September has been scarred by violence in Chile, with the bombing of a subway station in Santiago and an explosion in Viña del Mar. The attacks, within the ... Read More
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> EspañolChilean President Michelle Bachelet is taking steps to achieve the reforms promised during her election campaign. One of the Bachelet’s flagship proposals, tax reform, has now made its way through Congress. On Wednesday evening, after three legislative sessions, the Chamber of Deputies passed the law, which could take effect before ... Read More
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> EspañolFelipe Cuevas, president of the youth sector of Chile’s Independent Democratic Union (UDI), was detained this Thursday afternoon in Caracas. He has been in Venezuela visiting Sairam Rivas, a student leader, and allegedly took photos of the Helicoide intelligence and detainment center. On social media, the ... Read More
