In less than three weeks in office, Kast has moved to criminalize migration, raise fuel prices, repeal environmental decrees, and halt the construction of memorial sites commemorating the dictatorship’s atrocities.

During his first week as president of Chile, the ultra-conservative leader has also ordered tax cuts and launched talks with the United States to explore the mining of rare earth metals.

Authorities have not yet managed to control all the fires. Experts warn that drought, strong winds, aggressive human intervention in nature, and climate change have created a perfect scenario for disaster.

Kast’s agenda will not eliminate unrest but may postpone it for a while, only to sharpen its eventual return to the streets.

El documento de política de China apoya la “Proclamación de América Latina y el Caribe como Zona de Paz”, lo que contrasta marcadamente con la diplomacia de la fuerza militar que Estados Unidos ha practicado en el siglo XXI.

Las fuerzas progresistas se enfrentan a un desafío fundamental: redefinir un proyecto global para el país, revitalizar las organizaciones de base y resolver la siempre espinosa cuestión de la dirección y el liderazgo político.

China’s policy paper supports the “Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace” — a pointed contrast to US twenty-first century gunboat diplomacy.

Progressive forces face a fundamental challenge: redefining a global project for the country, revitalizing grassroots organizations, and resolving the always thorny issue of political direction and leadership.

Among the candidates most likely to win the first round is leftist Jeannette Jara, though she is closely followed by three candidates from the right and far right with considerable popular support.

In Chile, “the market” speaks with the voice of a powerful few while silencing alternatives that challenge the status quo.

Accused of influence peddling, Karol Cariola was targeted by a right-wing motion of censure in the same week that she gave birth and attended her newborn.

Carmona reflexiona sobre la coyuntura política en Chile en medio ataques de la derecha, la muerte del presidente del PC y el 50 aniversario del golpe de Estado contra Salvador Allende.