Tag: Sebastián Piñera

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 21:23 UTC

  Mini cabinet reshuffle in Chile ahead of Sunday's municipal elections

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a slight reshuffling of her Cabinet on Wednesday, a few days ahead of local elections in which her coalition is expected to suffer losses. Center-left Bachelet replaced the ministers in charge of justice, energy and national assets, she said in a brief speech at the presidential palace in Santiago.

• Monday, January 26th 2015 - 07:17 UTC

  Venezuela denies authorization to former presidents to visit political prisoner

  

  The Venezuelan government has turned down a request by former presidents of Chile and Colombia to visit opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in jail. Chile's Sebastian Piñera and Colombia's Andres Pastrana say they are in Venezuela to support the opposition and have called for the release of Mr Lopez, who was arrested nearly a year ago.

• Monday, December 22nd 2014 - 04:52 UTC

  Piñera willing to lead opposition in bringing right-wing back to power

  

  He also criticised the Bachelet administration for making too many mistakes, creating hostile atmosphere and not making their programs known beforehand

• Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Bachelet pledges to tackle 'inequality' and draft a new constitution

  

  Socialist Michelle Bachelet promised to tackle inequality as she took the oath of office on Tuesday, returning to power after four years to lead Chile. Bachelet succeeds conservative Sebastian Piñera, who said he was leaving his successor “a better country than the one we had four years ago.”

• Thursday, March 6th 2014 - 05:22 UTC

  Piñera blasted by his own party, but the outgoing president calls for a return in 2017

  

  The Chilean ruling coalition slammed outgoing President Sebastián Piñera and blamed him for recent electoral losses that have left the right in the lowest point in its history. The unusually harsh criticism came from members of Piñera’s own party, Renovación Nacional, a moderate conservative party that makes up the ruling Alianza.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2014 - 08:54 UTC

  Pacific Alliance summit will remove tariffs from 92% of goods and services

  

  The four presidents of the Pacific Alliance are scheduled to sign next Monday the trade group's Additional Protocol which will remove tariffs on 92% of goods and services, effective immediately, announced Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos who will be hosting the summit in Cartagena.

• Friday, January 31st 2014 - 06:32 UTC

  Peru and Chile committed to 'gradual and timely' implementation of maritime border ruling

  

  As the echoes of Monday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) continued to reverberate in Santiago and Lima, Presidents Ollanta Humala and Sebastián Piñera of Peru and Chile met on the sidelines of the CELAC (Community of Latin America and Caribbean States) summit in Havana in a show of unity.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  UN highest court settles maritime dispute: pride for Peru, rich fisheries remain for Chile

  

  The United Nations’ highest court set a maritime boundary between Chile and Peru on Monday that grants Peruvians a bigger piece of the Pacific Ocean while keeping rich coastal fishing grounds in the hands of Chilean industry. Despite high emotions over the dispute, the ruling is expected to have little effect on cordial ties between the two neighbors whose economic interdependence has grown greatly in recent years.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 00:54 UTC

  Chile, Peru prepare as Hague Court sets to resolve territorial dispute

  

  With the decision over ongoing maritime dispute between Chile and Peru just weeks away, government officials on both sides insist relations between them are strong. On Jan. 27 Peru and Chile are set to find out who has legal ownership over 14,500 square miles of fishing waters off their borders, putting an end to a centuries-long dispute and ending a five year international court case.

• Monday, December 16th 2013 - 11:02 UTC

  Bachelet sweeps in but as in the first round abstention prevailed

  

  Michelle Bachelet is set to resume her former position as president of Chile in March 2014 after a resounding second round victory against her opponent and former childhood playmate, Evelyn Matthei. In an acceptance speech late Sunday night the president-elect touched on two key platforms of her campaign: free higher education and a new constitution.