Tag: Chile general elections

• Thursday, July 18th 2013 - 09:03 UTC

  Bachelet running alone; Chilean conservatives have to decide on a new candidate

  

  Chilean conservative presidential candidate Pablo Longueira unexpectedly quit his campaign due to depression, his son said, dealing another blow to an already weakened right-wing bloc four months from the general election.

• Friday, November 9th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  Leading pollster dumps October survey because Chileans preferred not to reply

  

  One of Chile’s leading pollsters Adimark GfK announced on Thursday it would not be publishing the political public opinion poll for the month of October because of the high percentage of “no reply” during interviews.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:43 UTC

  Chilean presidential campaign virtually takes off with reshuffle of cabinet

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera shuffled his cabinet to allow ministers with presidential aspirations to leave, as his embattled conservative coalition seeks support before presidential elections in November 2013.