Joaquín JoséLavín Infante is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes,in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiago,Minister of Education and Minister of Social Development. He ran for president twice in 1999 and 2005,losing both times. In 2021 he tried to run again,but this time he was defeated in a primary election by Sebastián Sichel. Besides his political involvement Lavín has been active in education in the University for Development,of which he was one of the founders and original owners,and as editor of the economics section in El Mercurio.
Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic politician and diplomat,he studied business administration at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and economics at Harvard University. At the time of his death,he had an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion,according to Forbes,making him the third richest person in Chile and the 1177th richest person in the world.
General elections were held in Chile on Sunday 13 December 2009 to elect the president,all 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 18 of the 38 members of the Senate were up for election. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote,a second round was held between the top two candidates—Sebastián Piñera and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle—on Sunday 17 January 2010. Piñera won the runoff with 52% of the vote and succeeded Michelle Bachelet on 11 March 2010.
Juan Pablo Longueira Montes is a Chilean right-wing politician and industrial civil engineer who served as Minister of Economy,Development and Tourism of Chile from 2011 to 2013. He was a founding member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) being very close to Jaime Guzmán.
Jorge Félix Arrate Mac Niven is a Chilean lawyer,economist,writer and politician. He has been Minister of State in the governments of Chilean presidents Salvador Allende (1970–1973),Patricio Aylwin (1990–1994),and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1994–2000). A long-time member of the Socialist Party of Chile arrate was during much of the 1990s the leader of the eponymous Arratismo faction in the party. During the indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet (1998–2000) Arrate was positive to the prospect of Pinochet being judged abroad. Given that his was contrary to the government stance he was removed from his post as minister in June 1999. In 2009,he was appointed as candidate for president of Chile in representation of the political alliance Juntos Podemos Más and other leftist political movements,obtaining 6.21 percent of the total votes in the elections of that year.
Magdalena Matte Lecaros is a Chilean businesswoman and politician. She is member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and was part of Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development under Chile's former President Sebastián Piñera for the term of 2010–2014. She is a member of the Matte family.
The 2010 Copiapómining accident,also known then as the "Chilean mining accident",began on 5 August 2010,with a cave-in at the San Josécopper–gold mine,located in the Atacama Desert 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó,in northern Chile. Thirty-three men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance,and were rescued after 69 days.
The 2011 Magallanes protests were a series of protests provoked by the rising of natural gas prices in the Chilean region of Magallanes,in January 2011. The conflict ended on January 18,when Laurence Golborne and the Citizens Assembly of Magallanes reached an agreement.
The 33 is a 2015 biographical disaster-survival drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Mikko Alanne,Craig Borten,Michael Thomas,and JoséRivera. The film is based on the real events of the 2010 Copiapómining disaster,in which 33 miners were trapped inside the San JoséMine in Chile for 69 days. The film stars Antonio Banderas as trapped miner Mario Sepúlveda.
The Chilean presidential primaries of 2013 were held in Chile on Sunday 30 June 2013. It was the first such election to be run by the government under a new primary law published in December 2012.
General elections were held in Chile on 19 November 2017,including presidential,parliamentary and regional elections.
Chile–Palestine relations are the current and historical relations between the Republic of Chile and the State of Palestine. Both nations enjoy friendly relations,the importance of which centers on the history of Palestinian migration to Chile.
The presidential primaries of the Alliance of 2013 were the method of election of the presidential candidate of such Chilean center-right coalition,for the presidential election of 2013. On that same date the conglomerate would also realize its parliamentary primaries in the districts but the UDI decided not to participate in them,being reduced to the candidates of National Renewal (RN).
JoséAntonio Kast Rist,also known by his initials JAK,is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Kast ran for president in 2021,winning the first round and losing in the second round run-off to Gabriel Boric.
Mónica Madariaga Gutiérrez was a Chilean lawyer,academic,and politician,a state minister of the military dictatorship headed by her cousin,Augusto Pinochet,which ruled the country from 1973 to 1990.
A series of massive demonstrations and severe riots,known in Chile as the Estallido Social,originated in Santiago and took place in all regions of Chile,with a greater impact in the regional capitals. The protests mainly occurred between October 2019 and March 2020,in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro's subway fare,a probity crisis,cost of living,university graduate unemployment,privatisation,and inequality prevalent in the country.
Sebastián Iglesias Sichel Ramírez is a Chilean lawyer,professor,ex minister of State and politician who served as president of the Banco del Estado de Chile from June 2020 until December 2020. He also previously served as Minister of Social Development and Family and executive vice president of Corfo under the second government of Sebastián Piñera. He was an independent candidate in the 2021 Chilean presidential election who ran under the centre-right Chile Podemos Más coalition.
Laura Mariana Aylwin Oyarzún is a Chilean teacher,historian and politician. She was born into the Aylwin family;her father,Patricio Aylwin,was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994,years where he led the beginnings of the Transition to democracy from Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.
Pedro Pablo Errázuriz Domínguez is a Chilean engineer,politician. He was Minister of Transport and Telecommunications in the first government of President Sebastián Piñera (2010–2014).
Pablo Guillermo Wagner San Martín is a Chilean commercial engineer,businessman,and politician. After a long period in the private sector,he was Undersecretary of Mining in the first government of President Sebastián Piñera between 2010 and 2012. In 2017 he was indicted for repeated bribery and money laundering offenses in the Penta case,being finally convicted in July 2018 as perpetrator of repeated tax offenses and relevant and unjustified capital increase.
