Chili It was almost entirely in Tuesday without electricity or connection for more than eight hours in the largest blackout in 15 years registered in the country, only comparable to the occurrence after the 2010 earthquake. The interruption of the electric fluid forced the government to decree the state of exception and the touch of […]
Tag: Gabriel Boric
Boric announces that this year he will present a bill to legalize free abortion
The Chilean president, Gabriel Boricannounced that he will propose a law abortion free during the second half of the year because, she said, “the women of Chile deserve their right to decide.” Chile decriminalized abortion in 2017, during the second term of the former socialist president Michelle Bacheletand approved a law that allows the voluntary […]
Bolivia-Chile relationship in its “coldest” stage despite the affinity between Arce and Boric
The bilateral relationship between Bolivia and Chile is in its coldest stage despite the ideological affinity between its presidents, Luis Arce and Gabriel Boric, respectively, because the position of both countries regarding the centuries-old Bolivian maritime claim has not changed. Bolivia and Chile have not had diplomatic relations at the ambassador level since 1978 due […]
Boric inaugurates a photovoltaic plant that will provide energy to 136,000 homes in Chile
The president of Chili, Gabriel Boricparticipated this Wednesday in the inauguration of the Gran Teno photovoltaic plant in the Maule region, 180 kilometers south of Santiago, an energy project that is part of the decarbonization plan of the South American country and will provide energy to 136,000 homes. “This project shows that it is not […]
President Boric reaches the middle of his term with pending social promises
The president of ChiliGabriel Boric, reaches the middle of his term after two years of government marked by two failed attempts to reform the Constitution inherited from the Pinochet dictatorship and a legislative crisis that has eroded his electoral promises to implement in-depth social reforms. However, the president defended on Monday that Chile “it’s better” […]
Chile: Pedro Sánchez and Boric advocate a quick truce between Israel and Hamas
The president of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez and the Chilean president Gabriel Boric They urged this Friday for a “brevity” ceasefire in Loopwhere in the opinion of both Israel is violating the rights of the Palestinian population. The two leaders met on Friday at the Chilean government palace in Santiago, where Sánchez arrived on […]
The US and Chile have “strong commitment to shared objectives,” says Yellen
The US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, He stated this Friday that Chili and USA they have a “strong commitment to shared objectives”, within the framework of his visit to the South American country, where he landed this morning after attending Brazil to the meeting of the finance ministers of the G20. “The United […]
Chile says goodbye to former president Sebastián Piñera
Chile said its last goodbye to the former president on Friday Sebastian Piñera on the third day of national mourning, on which a mass and a state funeral took place. The coffin arrived with all honors at the Santiago cathedral after the political world honored it in the old National Congress with an institutional tribute […]
Chile seeks to rise from the ashes after fires that leave 122 dead
Thousands of people try to rise from the ashes in the hills of Viña del Mar, in the region of Valparaiso in central Chile, hit by one of the deadliest forest fires of the 21st century, with an updated toll this Monday of 122 dead and more than a hundred missing. The violent fires on […]
Chile’s energy transition leaves workers adrift
The vultures hover over Tocopilla, a mining city nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the arid mountains of the Atacama Desert, whose closed coal plants and idle port workers illustrate the rapid energy transition carried out in Chili. The country of about 20 million inhabitants and with considerable capacity to produce solar and wind energy […]