Tag: Michelle Bachelet

• 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.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile's Lower House votes against legalizing abortion

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday turned down a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy by 65 votes against, 62 in favor and one abstention. Thus the initiative will be shelved.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 22:17 UTC

  UN recognizes that a clean, healthy, sustainable environment is a human right

  

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on States to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council’s landmark decision.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Two center-left candidates to vie for Chile's presidency on November 21

  

  Chile's Progressive Party (PRO) leader Marco Enríquez Ominami Monday announced he would run for the country's presidency, which dealt an unexpected blow to the centre-left's efforts following the launch of Christian Democrat Yasna Provoste's candidacy Saturday.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet

  

  Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  New Bachelet report says abuse and torture still in force in Venezuela

  

  A new report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) released Thursday has pointed out that the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro continues to apply systematic abuse and torture, particularly to political opponents.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bachelet says Ortega regime must release all political prisoners in Nicaragua

  

  Former Chilean President and current United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Tuesday called for the release of Nicaraguan opposition politicians who have been placed under arrest by the Daniel Ortega regime over the past three weeks.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Colombians dressed in white take to the streets of Bogotá to demand an end to protests

  

  Thousands took to the streets on Sunday in Bogotá to demand an end to protests and roadblocks and to express support for security forces. The demonstrators dressed in white and waving Colombian flags seem to be the response to almost a month of rioting and clashes bloody clashes between protestors and the forces.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández says human rights issue in Venezuela is “disappearing little by little”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday said the “problem” of human rights in Venezuela “disappearing” and insisted there was no need for blockades when the way to solve these issues is through dialogue.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Does Colombian President Duque grasp the seriousness of the situation?

  

  In a country where 24 people have died in clashes with police and some 800 have been injured, Colombian President Iván Duque woke up Wednesday and gave a radio interview during which he addressed this year's Copa America football competition, which his country is to co-host with Argentina, and guaranteed everything will go on as planned.