News of boric

Venezuela debate overshadows Lula’s unity pitch at summit

01-06-2023 00:39 Uruguay and Chile slam Lula’s defence of Nicolás Maduro at South American summit in Brasília.

Latin America's leaders and UNASUR: unity in the midst of divergence

31-05-2023 10:31 Everybody was onboard with unity at the meeting of South American leaders in Brasília, but the presence of Nicolás Maduro caused divergence.

by Eleonora Gosman

Peru sees lithium mining opportunity in Chile’s statist plan

28-04-2023 11:14 Peru seeking a more active role in trying to lure lithium mining investments in light of Chile’s decision to take state control of all new projects of battery metal.

Chile’s Boric announces public-private model for tapping lithium reserves

21-04-2023 09:53 Chile’s government delivers long-awaited lithium development policy; State will partner with private firms to tap reserves says President Boric.

Lula brushes off Germany’s appeal for Brazil to send weapons to Ukraine

31-01-2023 11:33 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva turned down German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's request to send ammunition to Ukraine as part of the international effort to help Kyiv repel the Russian invasion.

Lula receives Scholz on German leader's last leg of regional tour

30-01-2023 15:29 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received Olaf Scholz on Monday, with the German chancellor becoming the first Western leader to visit Brazil since 2015.

Chilean Congress agrees to restart Constitution rewrite process

13-12-2022 09:08 Council's members to draft new constitution will be elected in a mandatory vote in April 2023, and must be equal numbers of men and women.

Chile president blasts 'terrorist' Mapuche attacks in flashpoint region

11-11-2022 13:41 Gabriel Boric slams "terrorist" arson attacks as he visited the southern Araucanía region that has been wracked by violence.

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

20-05-2022 10:00 Jaime Duran Barba, one of the region's most important political analysts and consultants, discusses Javier Milei's chances of being president, Latin American politics and Argentina's coalitions.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions

17-05-2022 14:13 Chilean President Gabriel Boric's government decrees re-militarisation of troubled southern region of La Araucanía, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by Mapuche indigenous groups.

Chile sours on Boric, constitution as poll finds economic alarm

05-04-2022 10:15 Chileans’ support for both their new president and the institution rewriting the constitution is fading fast, according to a new poll.

Boric calls for Latin American unity and 'deepening' of ties with Argentina

04-04-2022 17:43 Speaking during his visit to Buenos Aires, Chilean President Gabriel Boric calls for greater Latin American unity as he highlights the “deep brotherhood" that unites his country with Argentina.

A changing world, near and far

11-03-2022 14:37 Gabriel Boric’s inauguration takes Chile into uncharted territory, but the world as a whole may well be taking an even greater leap into the dark.

Chile's new president Gabriel Boric takes office with big plans for change

11-03-2022 09:48 Former student leader Gabriel Boric will be sworn in Friday as Chile's youngest-ever president, with plans to turn the country into a greener, more egalitarian "welfare state."

Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left

10-01-2022 10:24 Once the region’s no-frills, free-market poster child, Chile needs more government spending, not less, to sustain its growth trajectory.

Boric: Chile will prioritise Pacific Alliance under my government

27-12-2021 22:53 Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric has said that his new government will focus its foreign policy on improving ties with members of the Pacific Alliance bloc.

Gabriel Boric: a millennial president for a new Chile

19-12-2021 20:49 Former student activist Gabriel Boric becomes Chile's youngest-ever president - but who is he?

Celebrations in Chile as Gabriel Boric is elected new president

19-12-2021 20:33 The streets of Santiago exploded in celebration Sunday after far-right lawyer José Antonio Kast conceded a polarised presidential election run-off to his leftist rival Gabriel Boric.