The Latest Breaking News from Gabriel Boric

‘Gigantic step backwards’: far-right gains in Chile threaten abortion rights

Concerns mount as ultraconservative Republican party’s ‘right to life’ proposal could be enshrined in constitution

The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2023

Files reveal Nixon role in plot to block Allende from Chilean presidency

President hosted rightwing mogul Agustín Edwards in September 1970 and discussed plans to foil socialist election-winner

The Guardian - US · Aug 8, 2023

Chile's Boric to insist on shelved tax reform bill by end of July

Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday his government will insist on pushing through a tax reform bill that was shelved by Congress earlier this year.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2023

The social cost of lithium in Chile

Critics want the move to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction

Salon · May 9, 2023

Chile: Conservatives will now control Constitution rewrite

Chile seemed on the cusp of a progressive revolution last year when a committee dominated by leftists drafted a bold new constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

Analysis-Chile’s constitution will struggle to escape Pinochet’s shadow

Chile's new constitution may end up looking a lot like the current text, which dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship - but without his name on it - after the political right took charge of the redraft process in a harsh nationwide electoral defeat for leftist President Gabriel Boric.

Reuters · May 8, 2023

Chile: major blow to president as far right triumphs in key constitution vote

‘Earthquake in Chilean politics’ as ultra-conservative Republican party wins 22 of 50 seats on body to rewrite Pinochet-era document

The Guardian - US · May 8, 2023

Conervatives prevail in key vote for new Chile constitution

A far-right party is leading in the vote count after Chileans cast ballots Sunday for a 50-member commission that is to draft a new coonstitution

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution

Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite.

Reuters · May 8, 2023

Chile to choose constitutional council, but apathy reigns

Chile will vote Sunday to choose 50 delegates to a council that will draw up a new Constitution, after voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed charter last year that was widely described as one of the world’s most progressive

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023