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Hubris comes before a fall though, and the results have, without hyperbole, been a political earthquake. The Concertación parties got 25 seats rather than 45, and the Christian Democrats, Chile’s main political party since the 1960s, were virtually wiped out. Only two members of the Convention were elected on their list, and only one of them is a member of the party. The Right list got 37 seats, not enough to hold a veto over the proceedings, which require a two-thirds majority for approval. Even if they vote together, the centrists and the right can’t scrape enough votes to get a third ...

Communist candidate best valued for presidential elections in Chile Communist candidate best valued for presidential elections in Chile 25 de mayo de 2021, 0:15Santiago, Chile, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Communist Party candidate Daniel Jadue appears in Chile as the best valued by the people prior to the presidential elections in November. This is reflected in a Plaza Publica poll, carried out by the Cadem consulting firm, which places Jadue with 20 percent of vote intentions, followed by Joaquin Lavin, from the right-wing Independent Democratic Union (UDI), with 16 points. With a notable increa...

Will Covid-19 mean another lost decade for Latin America? From Mexico to Argentina, the pandemic has intensified inequality, social unrest and political instability.  On 18 October 2019 a group of Chilean school pupils began a campaign of fare dodging on the metro in Santiago. In stations across the centre of the capital exuberant teenagers leaped over turnstiles while chanting: “ Evadir, no pagar, otra forma de luchar!” (“Evade, don’t pay, a different way to fight!”). Their grievance was a small one, a 30 peso (about $0.04) hike in ticket prices. But it proved the spark. And Chi...

Political turmoil across the region can be seen as the opening salvo in an anti-establishment push after the pandemic hit Latin America and exacerbated inequality like nowhere else.

The political scenario before the presidential elections 24 May 2021, The millions who voted for the plebiscite demanding a new Constitution also want a new country and a new way of doing politics On November 21, Chileans shall vote in the first round of the presidential elections. If there is no winner with 50+1% of the votes, there will be a runoff election between the first two majorities on December 19, from which the future president will emerge. In chronological terms, this might seem a short lapse of time, but in politics, it can be an eternity, especially in the current political sce...