Frente Amplio (Broad Front)
Voting Will not Be #Enough
By David Andersson After the March for Our Lives rallies that mobilized millions of people the main focus for gun control activists is gaining political power. This a great direction, seeking to engage people in the democratic process, and was really the missing piece of the Occupy Movement a few… »
Face 2 Face with Pía Figueroa
In this special show recorded in Chile, we spoke with Pía Figueroa, co-director of Pressenza, about the new political landscape in Chile and about the new-formed Frente Amplio political coalition composed of left-wing and centre-left parties and movements. We also discussed the Humanist Party’s experiences over last 30… »
Chile: Commitment to the people assumed by Frente Amplio (Broad Front) parliamentarians
After concluding the official ceremonies of change of command of the authorities of the Legislative and Executive Power in the Hall of Honour of the National Congress, the members of Frente Amplio attended the Plaza de la Victoria, located in the heart of Valparaíso, where they proceeded to assume its… »
Paris: Jean-Luc Mélenchon meets Tomás Hirsch
The humanist deputy [Member of Parliament] of the Chilean Broad Front [Frente Amplio], Tomás Hirsch, met today in Paris with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Sabine Rubin and Alexis Corbière, deputies of the France Insoumise caucus, in the offices… »
Tomas Hirsch: “Valuing diversity is what makes convergence possible”
We interviewed Tomás Hirsch, a humanist Deputy from Frente Amplio (Broad Front), a conglomerate that was formed just a year ago in Chile. However, long before this different attempts of convergence between progressive political forces of this country were made. Pressenza: Can you make a brief summary of this process,… »
Chilean elections: On the “Freedom of Choice”
The run-off election to determine who will follow Michelle Bachelet as Chilean president is due to take place on the 17th of December. In the first round, former president, Sebastian Piñera, candidate for the right wing grouping Chile Vamos, obtained around 36% of the vote, while Alejandro Guillier, the candidate… »
In Chile, Guillier wins support from Beatriz Sánchez
The former presidential candidate for Frente Amplio (Broad Front) has said that Sebastian Piñera, former president and candidate for Chile Vamos, has crossed a line and is a “risk” for the country. The fight for votes opened a new chapter. This time it was Beatriz Sanchez who condemned the Chile… »
The beginning of The End of Prehistory
There are few moments when in the midst of what appears to be the hopeless political situation of a dehumanised society something unexpected happens, something that shows that at least some people have managed to wake up from the hypnotic dream induced by the prevailing system. It happened in Bolivia,… »
Chile: The Humanist Party returns to congress after 25 years in the wilderness
This week I have been closely following the experiences of Tomás Hirsch, the Humanist Party candidate for Congress Deputy in the 11th district of Chile because his wife and my good friend, Juanita Vergara, invited me back in May to come down to Santiago for the elections, already sensing six… »
Tomás Hirsch: “We can’t do the changes we want alone”
A team of Pressenza editors is currently in Santiago, Chile to cover the general election taking place on Sunday 19th November. We had the chance to interview Tomás Hirsch from the Humanist Party, an integral part of the Broad Front coalition. He explained how it is possible and necessary to… »