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President Boric and his criticism of the status quo media

Gabriel Boric’s words raised hives in the National Press Association (ANP) “We have a lot of good news to give. When I see the newspaper headlines, I actually read the newspapers little, but the desire to prefer the bad ones…

A Monumental Mural Visibilizes the Memory and History of the University of Chile

              /Maxine Lowy/ Through a yellowish-orange crack, a sepia-tinted eye from the past unblinkingly observes the scene below. It gazes down at today’s generation of this university world, cell phones in their hands, and…

For Juan Eduardo Pérez

On Thursday 26 October 2023, Juan Eduardo Pérez died. Every departure, even if it is inevitable and known, reminds us that we are not enchained to this time and space. Every definitive departure leads us to question ourselves about this…

Education: After Santiago 2023…WHAT?

If the financial and institutional effort had been put into Santiago, the media coverage has allowed millions of viewers to have access to the competitions, which have been mainly focused on those involving Chilean athletes. There is enthusiasm and passion,…

Escrito con Tiza/‘Written with chalk’ publishes “Mensajes” by Fabián Rivas

An album book that deals with death, aimed at the youngest children. Death is a difficult subject to talk about with children. We often avoid it and even deny it by using euphemisms such as saying that the deceased person…

Constitution: total victory for the right

“I never thought I would be defending Pinochet’s Constitution”, said recently María Pardo, constitutional councillor of Convergencia Social (La Segunda; 18-10-2023), that is, one of the top leaders of the Frente Amplio! And a few days ago, the centre-left philosopher…

Four years after the Social Outbreak, violence, robbery and manipulation, the old way of governing

Origins of the failed institutionality in Chile Chile is an “incomplete democracy” due to the authoritarian enclaves inherited from the dictatorship and not overcome by subsequent “democratic” governments. During the civil-military dictatorship, significant public companies at the national level were…

Dialogue on Chile-China Cooperation in the Construction of the Belt and Road

CGTN held a media forum in the Chilean capital, with the participation of three experts, who gave their views on issues related to economic development, geopolitics, infrastructure and even technology, in order to present the achievements of the Belt and…

Constitutional Process: It started badly and ended worse

Women’s rights are being rolled back; the possibility of improving the quality of life in the poorest municipalities is being rejected when contributions are taken away from the municipal common fund; the privatisation of health, welfare and education is being…

Better language, better democracy

Quality in education not only has an effect on students’ professional and working future but also on society, coexistence and democracy. Quality in education is not only an individual imperative with each student, but a collective imperative, because with a…

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