Tag: Gabriel Boric

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 21:10 UTC

  Former Chilean President Bachelet announces she will vote for Boric

  

  Former Chile President and current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Wednesday admitted she would support leftwing candidate Gabriel Boric for the Dec. 19 presidential runoff against far-right candidate José Antonio Kast.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Kast closes in on Boric ahead of Chile's presidential runoff

  

  A new survey has shown Conservative candidate José Antonio Kast has narrowed the gap between him and his leftwing opponent Gabriel Boric, who according to most polls, is expected to win the Dec. 19 presidential runoff in Chile.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Murder of Chilean environmentalists has leftwing parties taking a stance

  

  Chilean environmentalist Javiera Rojas was found dead in what seems to be yet another case of femicide, but one that has unleashed a series of condemnations from many of her colleagues and human rights organizations alike to raise awareness about the nature of these crimes.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Latin American left wing leaders expecting progressive victories in Chile and Brazil

  

  The Puebla Group, a gathering of left-wing leaders from Latin America and Spain held a meeting in Mexico on Tuesday to celebrate the victory of Xiomara Castro in the Honduran presidential election and looked forward to similar triumphs by Chilean candidate Gabriel Boric in December and hopefully Lula da Silva next year in Brazil.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  “Chile Day” in UK, British ministers and president Piñera will be attending

  

  Wednesday and Thursday, December first and second, are “Chile Day” in UK, Corporation CEOs, investors, financial institutions, politicians, officials, country experts, diplomats, journalists get together for an annual two-day event with the purpose of promoting the Chilean brand, business opportunities, tourism and export goods.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Pinochet's political heir not likely to win presidential runoff in Chile

  

  Chilean far-left presidential hopeful Gabriel Boric from the coalition between the Broad Front and the Communist Party would easily beat his far-right opponent José Antonio Kast in the Dec. 19 presidential runoff by 53.9% of the votes against 31.2%, according to a Pulso Ciudadano survey released Sunday.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  The main “political party” of Chile's presidential election: 50% + abstention

  

  Although long queues at voting places and the delay suffered by many voters gave the impression that last Sunday's election in Chile had triggered a massive attendance, later in the day the Electoral Service figures showed exactly the contrary, just over 7 million Chileans bothered to go and vote for the next Chilean president.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Chile's first transgender Deputy-elect says LGBT community afraid of Kast

  

  Emilia Schneider Sunday became Chile's first-ever transgender person elected to the national Congress. At age 25, she admitted the LGTBI community was afraid of what may happen if far-right candidate José Antonio Kast wins Dec. 19's presidential runoff.

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Chilean conservative candidate leads in polls for presidential November 14 dispute

  

  On Friday public opinion pollster Cadem released its latest survey of vote intention for the highly contested Chilean November 14 presidential election with conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast leading with 25% followed by a young radical, with no government experience, Gabriel Boric, with 19%, who is also under quarantine for having tested positive to coronavirus.

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 13:05 UTC

  Chilean Senate debates whether to make voting mandatory ahead of November election

  

  The Chilean Senate is debating a bill whether to make voting in national elections mandatory, a highly controversial issue since lawmakers of the ruling coalition are against the initiative while the opposition insists in approving it to increase the participation percentage.