Tag: Michelle Bachelet

• Saturday, July 15th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  S&P downgrades Chile's rating, for the first time since 1990

  

  Credit ratings agency S&P downgraded Chile's long-term foreign currency rating to 'A+' from 'AA-' on Thursday, the country's first downgrade since the 1990s, as weak business confidence and low prices for key export copper have eaten into fiscal revenues.

• Thursday, June 29th 2017 - 08:17 UTC

  LGBTI Diversity Flag hoisted in Chilean city of Punta Arenas

  

  The diversity flag was hoisted Wednesday on Mount La Cruz in Punta Arenas, Chile's southernmost city, as part of the celebration of the International Gay Pride Day (LGBTI) by the Iguales Foundation. Similar ceremonies were held all over the world, including the Magallanes Region Government House, over 2,000 kilometers south of Santiago.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:57 UTC

  Macri and Bachelet meet in Santiago to discuss trade and also Venezuela

  

  Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Michelle Bachelet of Chile met Tuesday at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago to discuss bilateral ties and a trade agreement between the two countries.

• Sunday, June 25th 2017 - 12:57 UTC

  Bachelet promised to submit a proposal to Congress which seeks to create a ministry for Indigenous people.

  

  On Friday, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet extended a formal apology to the Mapuche people for “errors and horrors” perpetrated by the state against their communities. She announced plans to concede more power and resources to the Indigenous group.

• Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 09:20 UTC

  Conservative ex president Piñera leads Chilean polls, but 40% of voters still undecided

  

  Conservative former president Sebastian Piñera has pulled further ahead of center-left hopeful Alejandro Guillier in Chile's presidential race, but the two remain the favorites to face off in the November election, a closely watched poll released on Friday showed.

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 12:38 UTC

  Chile cuts steel for its new 13.000 tons icebreaker to be operational in 2022/23

  

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet cut the first sheet of steel for the construction of the country's new icebreaker which is expected to be operational for the 2022/23 Antarctic season, replacing the ageing Almirante Oscar Viel. The US$ 200 million plus project based on a contract with naval architects and marine engineers Vard Marine, will be built at ASMAR Talcahuano, Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Company.

• Friday, April 21st 2017 - 09:56 UTC

  Chile's presidential election will confront social-democratic reforms and a free markets' approach

  

  A leftist senator running for president in Chile's November election is tied in a head-to-head match-up with the conservative frontrunner, even as his support has slipped in recent months, a poll released on Thursday showed.

• Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 08:10 UTC

  Chile expands Patagonia national parks with Tompkins Foundation donation

  

  Chile set aside 11 million acres of land for national parks aided by the largest private land donation from a private entity to a country. The conservation effort of the Tompkins Foundation helped pave the way for Chile to greatly expand its conservation of the pristine Patagonia wilderness.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 08:45 UTC

  Chile's ex president Piñera will again run for office; polls show him leading with 40% vote intention

  

  Sebastian Piñera, who was Chile's president from 2010 to 2014, officially declared this week his intention to seek the office again this year, betting that widespread disillusion with the governing coalition will help him win over voters. Conservative Piñera who ranks 745th on the Forbes list of the world's richest billionaires, is bidding for the nomination of the 'Chile Vamos' coalition, formed by his party and the more conservative UDI.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:35 UTC

  Petrobras scandal reaches Chile: Bachelet denies receiving any financial support

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday denied reports she received financial support for her 2013 campaign from a construction conglomerate that is involved in Brazil's huge Petrobras corruption scandal. Grupo OAS is among dozens of Brazilian companies that are embroiled in a kickback scheme that is the biggest corruption scandal in Brazil's history.