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Chile's court admits corruption accusation against President Piñera Chile's court admits corruption accusation against President Piñera Santiago de Chile, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) A court in this capital admitted an accusation of corruption against President Sebastian Piñera and other former high-ranking officials of his government, local press reported on Saturday. Radio ADN pointed out that the complaint, filed by the Chilean Human Rights Commission (CCHDH), is also directed against former Health Minister Jaime Mañalich and former Deputy Secretary of Healthcare Networks Arturo Zuñiga, ...

Why Chile could be a canary in the coal mine for wealthy economies New Atlanticist by Daniel Payares-Montoya Santiago de Chile, Chile.- In the photo taken on October 22, 2020, a ballot is shown for the plebiscite on Sunday, October 25. After a year of instability, Chileans vote in a critical referendum on October 25 that will determine whether a new, democratically enacted constitution will replace the one originally imposed by dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1980. While the new constitution could help jumpstart efforts to alleviate many of the inequalities in...

Major hospital in Chile goes up in flames amid near collapse of public health system The fire that engulfed San Borja Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Santiago this past Saturday, bears the hallmarks of decades of underfunding and under-resourcing of the public health system by right-wing and “left” governments alike. Amid an alarming escalation of COVID-19 cases that has national intensive care units at 92 percent occupancy, such avoidable catastrophes can only speed up the collapse of an already debilitated health system. It is due both to good fortune as well as the decisive act...

Slideshow ( 2 images ) SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday exceeded 154,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 2,600 deaths, one hundred days after the outbreak began and with the health service straining under massive admissions numbers. “It has been a very hard 100 days,” health minister Jaime Mañalich told reporters in the capital Santiago on Thursday. “June is going to be the toughest month in the fight against the disease.” Health authorities reported 154,092 cases and 2,648 deaths so far. Chile reported its first case of coronavirus on March 3, brought by citizens re...

Chilean health unions suspend indefinite strike, provoking anger among workers Less than two weeks after calling an indefinite strike, public health unions announced December 6 its suspension as they re-entered negotiations with the ultra-right government of President Sebastian Piñera. The decision provoked widespread opposition among health workers who rightly accused the unions of preparing a “sellout.” Patricia Valderas of the Confederation of Health Workers (FENATS Nacional) told CNN Chile that seven health unions had agreed to suspend the strike to demonstrate their “conscientious...