Piñera Appoints Pinochet Dictatorship Official Minister of Labour

On Wednesday, 7 April, Chilean president Sebastián Piñera appointed Patricio Melero, a representative of the far right and former official in the […]

Mapuche Political Prisoners: 112 days on Hunger Strike without Response from Chilean government

[resumen.cl] On August 18 was announced that Celestino Córdova had ended his lengthy hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Chilean government. […]

Mapuche Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike for 75 Days without Response from Chilean President Piñera

Life or Death: That is the situation of the eight Mapuche political prisoners in Angol prison, in the Chilean region of Araucanía, who have now been on […]

Nationwide protest marks first night in March in Chile

[resumen.cl] Cacerolazos (traditional Latin American form of protest in which people make noise with pots and pans to demand the resignation of a […]

Civilians Exit Private Vehicle Driven by Man in Military Police Uniform and Brutally Beat Two Demonstrators

[resumen.cl] An exceedingly concerning incident occurred at approximately 11.15 PM this Monday in the Remodelación Eleuterio Ramírez neighbourhood of […]

Social organisations in Chile reject the ‘peace agreement’ of the discredited political class and call for mobilisations to continue

[resumen.cl] After what the political class characterised as an ‘Agreement for Peace and a New Constitution’, various social organisations and movements […]

Chilean A & E Departments Report More than 8,000 Cases Nationally since 18 October

Hours before Chilean president Sebastián Piñera announced a series of measures intended to intensify the criminalisation and persecution of the social […]

From the Social Agenda to the Repression Agenda: Sebastián Piñera Takes Refuge in the Hard Right

by Joaquín Hernández / translated by A.B. Silvera

Following the publication of the latest Pulso Ciudadano (‘Citizen’s Pulse’) poll, in which Sebastián […]

Not Even a Dent: How Piñera’s Statement Insulted the Chilean Public

President Piñera’s announcement last night of a so-called “social agenda”, his proposed series of solutions to the current crisis, does not translate into […]

Internacional Disgrace: Police Attack World Climate March in Concepción, Chile

[resumen.cl] The Climate March, part of the Friday for Future campaign, is a mobilisation called for by activist Greta Thunberg that seeks to raise […]