Tag: Sebastián Piñera

Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Piñera pledges “urgency” to the same-sex marriage bill stalled in Congress

Chile's president has vowed to push a same-sex marriage bill that is stalled in Congress, a surprising move that stunned his conservative allies. “I think the time for equal marriage has come,” said Sebastián Piñera, whose popularity has plummeted after street protests and a worsening economy.
Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:42 UTC
52% of Chileans against digital mobility pass, survey finds out

According to a survey released Sunday, only 45% of Chileans were in favour of the so-called mobility pass the government has been implementing since last week to grant more freedom of movement to people vaccinated with two doses of anticoronavirus immunizers.
Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Chile's “mobility pass” has an impact on stock exchange and possibly on hosting Copa America

The Government of Chile is working on the development of a so-called “mobility pass” which would grant people already vaccinated against covid-19 greater levels of freedom and mobility within their communes and allow travel between regions for those who are in quarantine, it was announced.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 16:26 UTC
Communist candidate to become new mayor of Santiago de Chile

The Stock Exchange in Chile's capital took a nosedive after it was confirmed that the Communist candidate Irací Hassler had secured a surprising victory over Santiago's incumbent mayor Felipe Alessandri, among other defeats suffered over the weekend by traditional politics to a more radical leftwing generation.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Chileans vote against traditional politicians and demand substantial reforms

None of Chile's traditional political parties has managed to win at least one-third of the seats at stake in this past weekend's elections to appoint a new Constituent Assembly which will have to write up a new constitution to replace the one from 1980 which was inherited from Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:12 UTC
Chile going to polls this weekend to elect Constitutional Convention to replace Pinochet-era text

Chile is about to write another chapter in its history this coming weekend when members of an Assembly to write up a new constitution to replace the one left by the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet are elected.
Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Chile eases lockdown in Santiago as elections loom over

Chile's capital city of Santiago will be freed from its total lockdown as of this coming Thursday, although confinement will still be observed on weekends, health authorities announced Monday.
Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Chilean unions march to pressure Piñera into taking actions in favor of the neediest

Chile's leading labour unions Friday marched through the streets of Santiago in demand of financial aid and other types of assistance. But despite wearing facemasks and holding permits to circulate under lockdown they were halted at the gates of the La Moneda presidential palace when they tried to deliver a letter addressed at President Sebastián Piñera.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Chile: Case against Piñera brought before The Hague for alleged human rights violations in 2019

Chilean and human rights organizations together with former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed an accusation Thursday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Sebastián Piñera for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 2019 protests, it was reported.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Piñera's future in suspense after Constitutional Court ruling regarding pension funds

Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera seeking to disapprove of a constitutional reform that Congress passed into law for a third withdrawal of 10 per cent of the pension funds.