The dollar experienced a decline of more than 30 pesos in its price against the Chilean currency in the first transactions this Monday after the opening of the exchange market, after this Sunday the far-right José Antonio Kast, champion of a liberal economy, imposed in the first round of the presidential elections. The peso opened […]
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Conservative Kast leads presidential election in Chile, but there will be a second round
Updated on 11/21/2021 05:48 pm (With information from Reuters, AP and EFE) The ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast headed the presidential elections in Chile on Sunday, followed by the leftist Gabriel Boric, according to the first figures published by the electoral authority. With almost 20% of the polls scrutinized, Kast added 29.31% of the votes, followed […]
Chile’s new government will be transitional, says president of Constituent
The president of the convention that drafts the new Constitution from Chile, the indigenous academic Elisa Loncón, affirmed that the new president, who is voted in first round this Sunday, “it will be transitional” and its work will be “to facilitate the constituent path.” “Whoever is installed today will be a transitional government that in […]
Chileans go to the most uncertain elections in three decades, marked by extreme positions
Chileans went to the polls on Sunday culminating in a two-year period in which the country experienced a social outbreak, began to draft a new Constitution and dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, shaping a panorama in which the most extreme proposals they are the ones that seem best positioned. With the usual setbacks of the […]
Minera Antofagasta says it looks with “concern” at uncertainty and political polarization in Chile
Updated on 11/20/2021 12:12 pm The Chilean Antofagasta, one of the world’s largest producers of copper, looks with “concern” at the increase in uncertainty and polarization in the South American country, which on Sunday will host a presidential election marked by extreme positions at a time that also drafts a new Constitution. In an interview […]
Elections put Chile’s economy at the mercy of angry voters
Politically polarized Chile will hold presidential elections on Sunday, with voters willing to overthrow an economic model installed during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, or determined to redouble its free-market spirit. So far, the vote is shaping up to be a battle between two candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum: the conservative José Antonio […]
Chileans go to the polls in an environment of great uncertainty
Chileans will vote on the weekend for who they want the new president to be for the next four years, when there is strong political polarization, an economy showing signs of overheating and a convention drafts a new constitution. Here are some aspects of the elections that will take place on November 21: How does […]
Copper, earthquakes and inequality, what you need to know about Chile
Considered for decades an example of stability and growth in Latin America, Chile It has become a whirlpool of political instability since the social protests of October 2019 and is looking this Sunday for a new president to calm the waters. Some 15 million voters out of a population of 19 million are called to […]
Chile’s problems will not be solved at the polls
By Clara Ferreira Marques Investors in what has long been Latin America’s most stable economy should tighten their belts. This weekend’s presidential election in Chile is likely to lead to a runoff next month between a far-right candidate who admires General Augusto Pinochet and a left-wing candidate who remembers Salvador Allende, who was ousted by […]
Chile before a close presidential election with the entire political spectrum in the arena
On Chile There are 15 million voters, half of them undecided, summoned next Sunday to elect the successor of Sebastian Piñera among seven candidates, from the extreme left to the extreme right, in one of the most uncertain elections in 31 years of democracy. On Sunday there are also votes for 155 deputies, 27 of […]