“Even if it is for the lesser evil,” says Mathias resigned while promoting the vote among young people for the leftist deputy Gabriel Boric. Others, also with qualms, mobilize for the far-right lawyer Jose Antonio Kast. Whoever attracts young people can win the presidency of Chile Those under 29 years of age were a significant […]
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Chile approves use of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine in children from five years of age
Updated on 12/15/2021 11:15 am Chile’s Institute of Public Health said Wednesday that it approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for the population of children from the age of five, to be included in its successful inoculation program. The vaccine was already applied in the population of the South American country from the age […]
The ultra-conservative who promises to save Chile from communism
In the electoral campaign, José Antonio Kast wears formal attire. A father of nine, an opponent of gay marriage and abortion, this blond, blue-eyed lawyer promises to lower taxes and build a ditch on the border to stop immigration. The elections this Sunday in Chile, he says, are a contest between freedom and totalitarianism. The […]
Chile’s next president will have a complex economic scenario
Whoever wins Sunday’s ballot in Chile between the far-right José Antonio Kast or the left-wing Gabriel Boric will face a complex economic scenario: after the vigorous recovery in 2021, a slowdown in growth and high public debt are expected next year. Kast and Boric represent antagonistic projects. While the 35-year-old young left-wing deputy is socially […]
Elections in Chile: candidates Kast and Boric move away from extremes in search of the center vote
The second part of the electoral race in Chile between the extreme right-wing José Antonio Kast and the left-wing Gabriel Boric passes in a dizzying way towards the political center in search of the moderate vote, from antagonistic and partly extreme initial positions. The usual adjustment of the programs for the ballots in the Chilean […]
Water is a key issue for drafters of the Chilean Constitution
Chile took another important step toward enshrining water as a human right, as the depletion of supplies increases scrutiny of one of the most privatized allocation systems in the world. Last week, members of the convention chosen to draft the new Constitution presented a proposal to make access to water and sanitation a fundamental right, […]
Migrants, divisive issue in the Chilean presidential ballot
The sunlight falls perpendicular and distorts the contour of dozens of people who pass, in a constant stream, the driest desert in the world in the north of Chile. They are migrants, many of whom have entered the country in recent days driven by fear that the far-right candidate will win the presidential elections and […]
Chile detects omicron variant in Santiago by community transmission
Updated on 12/13/2021 07:01 am The Chilean health authorities confirmed the detection of the first case of the Ómicron variant in Santiago in a 65-year-old man who had no links with travelers arriving in the country, being the first infected by community transmission of this COVID-19 mutation. The Regional Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of Health of […]
Chile issues social bonds for US $ 1,300 million in local currency
The Chilean Ministry of Finance reported Thursday that issued Treasury bonds by 1’061,000 million pesos, equivalent to approximately US $ 1.300 million under the financing plan for the year 2021 and using the available remaining margin indebtedness of the budget law for this year. The bond is denominated and payable in Chilean pesos maturing on […]
Chile advances in discussion of pioneering project to regulate neurotechnologies
Chile advanced Tuesday in the discussion of a pioneering bill in the world that seeks to regulate the use of neurotecnologías, an initiative that has been followed closely by academics, international organizations and large technology companies. The Senate unanimously approved the rule, which is still pending in the Chamber of Deputies, and which seeks to […]