Tag: Sebastián Piñera

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:35 UTC

  Piñera pledges to clarify events surrounding killing of teenager during mass protests

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera pledged Sunday to get to the bottom of the killing of a teen during a mass protest as student leaders agreed to meet with the president on their grievances.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 04:28 UTC

  Tens of thousands in the streets confirm support for Chile’s two-day strike

  

  Tens of thousands of Chileans marched peacefully on Thursday demanding profound changes to the country's heavily centralized and privatized form of government, though there were also clashes between small groups and the police. More than 450 people were arrested and dozens injured, including 26 Carabineros.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 22:15 UTC

  Two-day strike takes off in Chile with Piñera increasingly debilitated

  

  The Chilean capital Santiago was witnessing another tumultuous day on Wednesday as protests started to sweep the nation’s capital and unions called for a two day nationwide shutdown to protest the educational system.

• Friday, August 19th 2011 - 09:45 UTC

  Pinochet’s regime official victims’ list increased by 9.800 to 40.018

  

  Chile officially recognized 9,800 more victims of its dictatorship on Thursday, increasing the total number of people killed, tortured or imprisoned for political reasons to 40,018.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 13:41 UTC

  Chile approves massive coal mining project in extreme south Patagonia

  

  The controversial Isla Riesco coal-mining project in the extreme south of Chile took another step forward last Friday when a high-level government commission gave final approval to the first of five mines, Mina Invierno.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 23:51 UTC

  Chilean students organizing new demonstrations to protest education system

  

  Clashes between Chilean students and police continued in the capital Santiago, while government bureaucrats meet with student leaders to negotiate an end to the unrest which has rocked the capital for weeks.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 18:03 UTC

  Chilean students with unions support announce a new round of demonstrations

  

  Chilean students organization with the support of unions have announced a new round of demonstrations while the conservative government of President Sebastián Piñera reported on Wednesday the arrest of over 400 hundred protesters as violence erupted on the streets of Chile's capital along with other cities, during marches demanding changes in public education.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  President Piñera loosing the education reform battle with Chilean students

  

  Chilean riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Tuesday to disperse violent protesters of an originally peaceful student demonstration that turned wild in the capital Santiago. Police said 273 protestors were detained and 23 police officers injured.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Chile’s Piñera approval rating plummets to the lowest of any president since 1990

  

  Early last week The Santiago Times reported that approval of President Sebastián Piñera had plummeted, according to a government evaluation survey by one of Chile’s leading polling firms, Adimark.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:45 UTC

  Chile’s protests for education reform trigger acrimonious political debate

  

  Following one of the most violent marches yet in the citizens’ movement for education reform, Chilean former and current government officials are sounding off against President Sebastián Piñera’s administration and its handling of the ongoing demands for national education reform.