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Montevideo, May 20th 2025 - 16:00 UTC

Tag: Maya Fernández

  • Friday, April 4th 2025 - 08:55 UTC

    Chile's Constitutional Court ejects Isabel Allende from Senate

    Tribunal Constitucional de Chile expulsa a Isabel Allende del Senado

    Chile’s Constitutional Court (CC) voted Thursday 8-2 in favor of removing Isabel Allende -daughter of former President Salvador Allende- in connection with her involvement in the attempt to have President Gabriel Boric Font's Government purchase the former head of State's house to turn it into a museum in honor of the Socialist leader ousted by Augusto Pinochet Ugarte's military coup d'état in 1973.

  • Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 14:00 UTC

    Delpiano appointed Chile's new defense minister

    Delpiano has held various public positions

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font appointed Adriana Delpiano to replace the resigning Maya Fernández, who left her position after being involved in the scandal regarding the Government's failed attempt to purchase the house of her grandfather, former President Salvador Allende.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 19:02 UTC

    FACh triggers alert over unidentified aircraft neat Strait of Magellan

    When the F-5s reached the area there were no signs of the intruding aircraft

    Chile's Air Force (FACh) deployed two F-5 fighter jets from the Chabunco air base in Punta Arenas after unidentified traffic was detected Tuesday at around 7 pm local time in the vicinity. Some Chilean outlets said the alleged intruder stemmed from Argentina but Defense Minister Maya Fernández never admitted (nor denied) the possibility.

  • Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    Chilean authorities to discuss Antarctica issues on site

    Defense Minister Maya Fernández and a group of parliamentarians will convene at the President Frei Base this week

    Chilean Lower House's Defense Committee plans to convene at the Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva base in Antarctica this week to discuss the “prevailing geopolitical conditions” in the area after controversies with Argentina regarding sovereignty claims.

  • Sunday, April 28th 2024 - 13:37 UTC

    Chile in mourning after murder of 3 Carabineros officers

    Boric decreed three days of national mourning and pledged to capture those responsible

    Three non-commissioned officers of Chile's Carabineros Police were killed early Saturday in an ambush in the town of Cañete, near the city of Concepción, in the Bío Bío region some 500 kilometers south of Santiago. The crime, which is still under investigation, shocked the entire country. President Gabriel Boric Font promised it would not go unpunished and other officials even called for the reinstatement of the death penalty.

  • Monday, September 26th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Chile appoints interim Joint Chief of Staff

    Vice Admiral José Luis Fernández replaces General Paiva

    Chile's Defense Minister Maya Fernández is to appear before Congress Tuesday to brief lawmakers on the scandal involving the leak of confidential emails among high-ranking military officers.

  • Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

    Leak from military brass shows Chile's concerns over current issues

    Chile's Defense Minister has to return to Santiago after the scandal broke out

    Chile's Defense Minister Maya Fernandez was summoned back to Santiago at the earliest time possible after classified documents involving the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the relationship between President Gabriel Boric Font and his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández went public.

  • Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

    Security becomes a concern for Chile's gov't

    The Defense Minister's home was not properly defended

    Chile's Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Giorgio Jackson, Monday admitted the Government was reviewing security measures to be taken in the future following a robbery at the home of Defense Minister Maya Fernández and a shooting against one of President Gabriel Boric Font's bodyguards.

  • Friday, January 21st 2022 - 20:35 UTC

    Most of Chile's future ministers will be women, Boric announces

    “We are joined in this team of ministers by people of diverse origins and formations,” Boric said

    Chile's President-elect, Gabriel Boric, Friday chose former Central Bank President Mario Marcel as the country's future Finance Minister of Finance, and former mendica College Head for Minister of the Interior as he announced his cabinet, which shall be made up of mostly women. Boric will take office on March 11.