Tag: Gabriel Boric

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  Chile's planned Constitution still not likely to survive plebiscite

  

  Chile's planned new Constitution seems to be heading for failure in the upcoming September 4 referendum, according to the latest polls, which show up to 56% of the citizenry would vote against it, between 4 and 12 percentage points above those who would approve it.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  Chile: Boric's cabinet suffers first “casualty” due to Mapuche conflict

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday accepted the resignation of Minister of Social Development, Jeannette Vega, after the latter was found to have tried to contact a Mapuche leader arrested earlier this week for acts of violence.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Boric and Petro discuss region's leaning to the left

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday became the first foreign leader welcomed for a one-on-one meeting by Colombia's new head of state Gustavo Petro.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Argentina asks Boric's gov't to explain alleged Falkland-bound flights

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Santiago Rafael Bielsa Wednesday filed a formal note before the Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font asking for explanations regarding the alleged unauthorized flights over Argentine airspace presumed to be on their way to the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  Chilean President pledges to improve new Constitution after it is approved

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday said that there was consensus among the ruling coalition to “improve” the new Constitution once the draft is approved through a plebiscite in September.

• Monday, July 18th 2022 - 07:03 UTC

  Fewer Chileans would reject new Constitution; still not enough

  

  A new survey released Sunday in Santiago showed that the number of Chileans who would approve the new Constitution is on the rise against the rejection group, while President Gabriel Boric Font's approval rating has slightly from a slump just a few months after his inauguration.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Boric given draft of new Chilean Constitution

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday received the draft of the new Constitution after one year of work by the Assembly. The document is now to be put up for approval through a referendum in September.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Chile's gov't aims to tax the wealthiest and the mining companies

  

  The administration of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday moved on with its initiative to introduce a revolutionary tax reform, which targets the wealthiest 3% of the population and the large copper mining companies.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:13 UTC

  Most Chileans oppose new Constitution

  

  According to a survey released in Santiago Monday, 51% of Chileans would not support the new Constitution draft which seeks to replace the one from the Military Dictatorship era of General Augusto Pinochet.

• Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 01:16 UTC

  Boric banned from reelection even if new Chilean Constitution is approved

  

  Chile's Constituent Assembly Thursday overwhelmingly approved a provision to ban incumbent President Gabriel Boric Font from running for reelection in 2026 should the new Fundamental Law be approved in September's referendum.