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The approval of the Escazu Agreement by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of Chile: brief reflections

“A few years ago, my son was very ill, he had respiratory problems, they kept him under observation, giving him nebulisations. The nurse, who still works there at the clinic, started to question me as soon as I arrived, asking…

Zabier Hernández “We must treat with love all those who did not vote in order to make them fall in love”.

This Sunday presidential elections took place in Colombia. Gustavo Petro was the candidate who obtained the most votes with more than 8.5 million votes, something like 40.32% of the votes. He will face Rodolfo Hernández on 19 June in the…

France at the crossroads

The French presidential election last April resolved nothing but the extension of Emmanuel Macron’s term in office, which is far from answering the questions that are troubling the French people. Although Macron delayed the formation of a new government as…

How little we know about Chilean history!

In the brief historical references given by the Government about the previous Constitutions -in its information campaign on the constituent process- there is a serious error regarding the 1925 Constitution. This is that it states that this Constitution was written…

CONDEPP: “We celebrate that President Gabriel Boric honours his word”.

This is how the artisanal fishermen of CONDEPP (Consejo Nacional por la Defensa del Patrimonio Pesquero A.G.) reacted after what the President of the Republic said in his public account on Wednesday, indicating that “in terms of fishing and aquaculture…

I approve, what about you?

This is your Constitution. The first in Chile’s history was drafted by democratically elected representative You demanded it and fought for it in the streets and in the territories. You elected the constituents. It has been written on a parity…

Chile: The constitution is not a game

The draft of the new constitution proposed by the Constituent Convention is now in our hands. It is now in the harmonisation phase, where the final touches are being put on it so that the proposed constitutional text can emerge,…

Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia exposes the Ukraine narrative for the sham It Is

In a major walkback from his campaign pledge to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for human rights abuses like the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden will reportedly visit Riyadh with the goal of persuading Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to…

Boric’s First Public Account: a historic opportunity

Today, President Boric made his first public account before the Chilean Congress, rescuing the process of accumulation of historic actions and announcing economic and security measures, as well as tax and pension reforms. It was a speech based on 5…

An unforgivable slip of the tongue

On Thursday 2 June (according to the timetable that has been set), the plenary of the CC will vote on the fate of the new constitution. Paradoxically, in that act, part of the work done by the CC during the…

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