News of constitution

Chile's far right re-emerges after presidential defeat

11-05-2023 09:26 Led by conservative lawyer José Antonio Kast, an apologist for deceased military dictator Augusto Pinochet, Chile's Partido Republicano remains an enduring force.

CHILEAN CONSTITUTION

Far-right wins most seats on Chile's constitution rewrite body

08-05-2023 10:58 Chile's far-right Republican Party finished in first place Sunday in a nationwide vote to choose the 50 members of a committee that will draft a replacement to the country's dictatorship-era constitution.

Vice-president's speech

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner slams Supreme Court over tax sharing ruling

28-12-2022 19:04 Vice-president slams Supreme Court for its decision to rule in favour of Buenos Aires City in an ongoing federal revenue-sharing row with the national government, as she claims any potential 2023 candidacy has been "proscribed" by the Judiciary.

LATIN AMERICA

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.

CONSTITUTIONAL VOTE

Chile President Boric reshuffles Cabinet after referendum rout

08-09-2022 01:50 Chile President Gabriel Boric fires interior minister and removes one of his chief advisers in a sweeping cabinet shake-up, tacking to the political centre after voters overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution that his government had backed in a referendum.

Chile Constitution Vote

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

04-09-2022 22:46 The new ultra-progressive constitution proposed by Gabriel Boric’s government has been decisively rejected by the Chilean public this Sunday, in a compulsory vote to choose whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.

Chile New Constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.

As I see it

Ports in a storm

25-07-2022 15:56 Why is Boris Johnson out of office, but Alberto Fernández clings on? The simplest answer to that question lies in the difference between parliamentary and presidential democracy.

by James Neilson

Chile's New Constitution

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.

ABORTION RIGHTS

As United States undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them

27-06-2022 13:22 As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution.

UNREST IN CHILE

Chilean leader worried about drop in support for new constitution

07-04-2022 21:07 Chilean government confirms citizens will vote in a mandatory referendum on September 4 to approve or reject the new constitution.

BLOOMBERG

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.

ABORTION RIGHTS

Colombian court decriminalises abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy

22-02-2022 10:31 Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to decriminalise abortion access, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana.

PROFILE: GABRIEL BORIC

New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role

21-12-2021 15:44 While Gabriel Boric is sometimes described as part of a leftward shift in Latin America, he seems to be of a new, more globalist, breed.

Chile election 2021

In anticipation of new constitution, Chile elects a president

19-11-2021 11:42 Two years after deadly protests that paved the way for Chile to finally shed its dictatorship-era constitution, elections take place Sunday for a new president to take over in a fast-changing political landscape.

CHILE'S NEW CONSTITUION

Mix of hope, scepticism among Mapuche as Chile rewrites constitution

12-10-2021 14:57 Chile's Constitutional Convention had already begun to draft a new constitution, but Mapuche leaders doubt that it will resolve the community's historic demands for land and self-determination.

News of constitution

Chile's far right re-emerges after presidential defeat

Far-right wins most seats on Chile's constitution rewrite body

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner slams Supreme Court over tax sharing ruling

Chilean Congress agrees to restart Constitution rewrite process

Chile President Boric reshuffles Cabinet after referendum rout

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

Ports in a storm

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

As United States undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them

Chilean leader worried about drop in support for new constitution

Chile sours on Boric, constitution as poll finds economic alarm

Colombian court decriminalises abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy

New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role

In anticipation of new constitution, Chile elects a president

Mix of hope, scepticism among Mapuche as Chile rewrites constitution

Prices in dollars puts Argentines’ summer vacations in doubt

Javier Milei targets Argentina’s big cities in bid for first-round win

Argentina Central Bank move slammed as ‘attack’ by Mercado Pago

'Asado crisis': Meat woes for Argentines as prices surge more than 30% in a month

Sergio Massa targets three million voters with bonus for informal workers

Javier Milei se lleva el 20% de los votos de Larreta, Bullrich retrocede al tercer lugar y Massa crece en el norte

El heredero de los duques de Alba: el nieto de la legendaria Cayetana será padre por primera vez

Una encuesta en PBA relega a Javier Milei al segundo lugar, sube a Massa y muestra una migración de votos de Bullrich

Paso a paso, cómo anotarse para cobrar el bono de ANSES destinado a trabajadores informales

Efecto inflación: cuánto hay que ganar para pertenecer al 10% de la población con mayores ingresos