Chile

PREAMBLE In many of our articles we have referred to the implacable struggle that the Chilean ‘political elite’ is waging against the national community. It may seem surprising and even illogical that political organisations created precisely to defend the interests…

Immediately afterwards the 2010 earthquake, at Fundación Semilla we took on the task of supporting schools in the devastated area of the O’Higgins Region, through Post Traumatic Stress Containment programmes. Soon after, we realised that the stress was caused by…

An altar has been lit up in Estación Central on the evening of every 29th March for 37 years. Near the corner of 5 de Abril and Las Rejas they celebrate the life of Rafael and Pablo Vergara Toledo and…

The Jews living in Spain were expelled in 1492 by the very Catholic kings Ferdinand and Isabella. The reasons for this expulsion have given rise to controversy, but it seems to have been at the request of the Inquisition. The…

As we imagined, the new Chilean government has not had a second’s respite. It has not been able to enjoy even a week of the supposed “honeymoon” enjoyed by the new leaders. Rather, Boric and his team have been thrown…

Since the return to classes a few weeks ago, we have seen through the media and social networks various acts of violence in educational establishments and in different parts of the country. The big difference is not the aggressions, but…

On 11 January, the results of the Transition Test (PDT), the instrument used in Chile to determine university entrance, were released and, once again, it is clear that it doesn’t matter where you are born or where you study. So…

Starting a war or initiating violent action goes hand in hand with the conviction of those who seek justice, repair the damage caused or impose order. The use of force is resorted to from a position of superiority and power…

With these words he began today by welcoming us foreign correspondents to the first press conference held by Gabriel Boric in his capacity as President. He defined the role of the press as those who are able to make power…

Is the resignation, without a corresponding replacement, of the members of the Constitutional Convention to be considered a new aggression to those that the Constitutional Convention constantly receives? PRELIMINARY The Constitutional Convention is, without a doubt, ‘the’ problem of the…