The Communist Party of Chile is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing,the Communist Youth of Chile,in 1932.
Gabriel Salazar Vergara is a Chilean historian. He is known in his country for his study of social history and interpretations of social movements,particularly the recent student protests of 2006 and 2011–12.
Catalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepúlveda is a Chilean model and for winning Miss ATP in 2009 and Calle 7 in 2010 and 2011. She also had a minor role on the telenovela Témpano (2011) and was a cast member on Aquímando yo (2011−2012),the latter was received with successful ratings and critics reviews.
The 2011–2013 Chilean protests –known as the Chilean Winter or the Chilean Education Conflict –were a series of student-led protests across Chile,demanding a new framework for education in the country,including more direct state participation in secondary education and an end to the existence of profit in higher education. Currently in Chile,only 45% of high school students study in traditional public schools and most universities are also private. No new public universities have been built since the end of the Chilean transition to democracy in 1990,even though the number of university students has increased.
Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling is a Chilean communist politician and former student leader. A member of the Communist Party of Chile,she has been serving as the Minister General Secretariat of Government since 11 March 2022. Previously,Vallejo worked as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile,representing District 26 of La Florida,Santiago.
The 2011 Chilean protests over the education have been primarily led by the CONFECH,the student unions association of Chile's 25 traditional universities,and CONES the student union association of secondary students of Chile. The student union leaders of emblematic universities and schools account for most of the movements leadership at national level.
The Communist Youth of Chile is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile. It was founded on September 5,1932,and it incorporates young communist activists between the ages of 14 and 28. The JJ.CC has political representation at the local and national level and its members have played a prominent role in the student organizations in Chile. The youth wing of the communist party currently has 5,300 members.
Karol Aída Cariola Oliva is a Chilean politician,and former president of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Concepción for 2010. She was elected General Secretary of the Juventudes Comunistas de Chile,abbr. JJ.CC.,at the organizations XIII Congress held in October 2011. Cariola is the second woman to hold this post in the Communist Youth of Chile after the late communist leader Gladys Marin (1941–2005).
Rossana Marisol Prado Villegas,is a Chilean physician,psychiatrist and academic who became the first woman to hold the post of president of the University of Chile Student Federation which was founded in 1906;she was the first and only woman until Camila Vallejo assumed the post in August 2010,followed by Scarlett Mac-Ginty in November 2011.
Camilo Igor Ballesteros Briones is a Chilean physical education undergraduate student and member of the Chilean Communist Youth. He was the president of the University of Santiago de Chile Student Federation (Feusach) in 2010-2011 and became of the main spokespersons of the Confederation of Chilean Students (Confech) during the movement for better access to quality education.
Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago is a Chilean politician and engineer who was Chile's Minister of Social Development from 6 September 2022 until 11 August 2023. He previously held the position of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency between March and September 2022. He is the founder and first congressman of the Democratic Revolution political party,achieving the highest personal vote in the 2017 elections to the lower chamber. He was one of the leaders of the student protests of 2011 and collaborated in the creation of the Chilean Broad Front and the presidential candidacy of Beatriz Sánchez.
General elections were held in Chile on 19 November 2017,including presidential,parliamentary and regional elections.
Gabriel Boric Font is a Chilean politician serving as the 37th and current president of Chile since March 2022. The leader of Apruebo Dignidad,he was member of the Chamber of Deputies for the district of Magallanes and Antarctic from 2014 to 2022.
The Broad Front is a Chilean political coalition founded in early 2017,composed of left-wing parties and movements. Its first electoral contest was the 2017 Chilean general election,where their presidential candidate Beatriz Sánchez came third with 20% of the vote in the first round of election. The Broad Front also expanded their electoral representation to 20 deputies,1 senator and 21 out of 278 Regional Councillors,thus consolidating the movement as the 'third force' in Chilean politics.
Primera Línea is the name for a loose collective of protesters dedicated to physically confronting Chilean riot police,that is,through acts of civil disobedience,in the context of the 2019–2022 Chilean protests. In the words of a member "it's about contesting [state] power". The Primera Línea is made up of an assortment of individual citizens and grassroots organizations called "clans",lacking central authority. A wide range of sympathetic organizations support Primera Línea providing them with aid,food and legal advice. Members are of diverse backgrounds,including laborers,immigrants,university students and sports fans. In addition,16 hooded minors identified as part of this strike force have been detained. They have subsequently been placed at the disposal of the National Service for Minors (Sename).
Óscar Daniel Jadue Jadue is a Chilean architect,sociologist and Marxist politician. A member of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh),Jadue has served as Mayor of Recoleta since 2012.
Izkia Jasvin Siches Pastén is a Chilean physician and politician,who served in 2022 as Minister of Interior and Public Security for President Gabriel Boric. She was the first woman to hold that position,the second most important in government after the President.
Apruebo Dignidad was a democratic socialist Chilean electoral coalition officially created on 11 January 2021,by the Broad Front and Chile Digno in preparation for the Constitutional Convention election.
Catalina Ilona Io Pérez Salinas is a Chilean lawyer,politician,and activist. She currently serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile,representing the Antofagasta Region for the 2022–2026 term,and from January 2019 to June 2021 was president of the Democratic Revolution party.
Camila Crescimbeni is an Argentine politician,currently serving as National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province since 2019. She is a member of Republican Proposal (PRO).
