Arica is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city,being located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. The city is the capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica and Parinacota Region. Arica is located at the bend of South America's western coast known as the Arica Bend or Arica Elbow. At the location of the city are two valleys that dissect the Atacama Desert converge:Azapa and Lluta. These valleys provide citrus and olives for export.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Chile have advanced significantly in the 21st century,and are now quite progressive.
The Arica y Parinacota Region is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces,Arica and Parinacota. It borders Peru's Department of Tacna to the north,Bolivia's La Paz and Oruro departments to the east and Chile's TarapacáRegion to the south. Arica y Parinacota is the 5th smallest,the 3rd least populous and the 6th least densely populated of the regions of Chile. Arica is the region's capital and largest city.
The president of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile is the highest authority of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. The office was established in 1811 by the First National Congress of Chile.
Andrés Pío Bernardino Chadwick Piñera is a Chilean right-wing politician and lawyer,member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party. He began his political career as a supporter of the Pinochet dictatorship,and was present at the Acto de Chacarillas in 1977.
General elections were held in Chile on 19 November 2017 to elect the president,all 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies,23 of the 43 members of the Senate and 278 members of regional boards. All elected members would serve a four-year term,aside from the senators would serve for eight years.
Amplitude was a Chilean classical-liberal political party founded in January 2014. Although initially grouped as centre-right independents that had no militancy in the parties of the Alliance,the party's leanings were later grouped with the "liberal center" and the party was associated with other movements outside the coalition before its dissolution.
The Liberal Party of Chile is a social-liberal political party in Chile,founded 26 January 2013 in Santiago,Chile. The main figure of the party is the deputy Vlado Mirosevic.
The Broad Front was 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.
Pinochetism is an authoritarian and personalistic political ideology rooted in the military dictatorship led in Chile between 1973 and 1990 by Augusto Pinochet. Ranging from the right-wing to the far-right,Pinochetism is characterised by its anti-communism,conservatism,militarism,and nationalism. Under Pinochet,Chile's economy was placed under the control of a group of Chilean economists known collectively as the Chicago Boys,whose policies have been described by some as neoliberal. Former and current supporters of the dictatorship are known as pinochetistas.
Diego Alfredo Paulsen Kehr is a Chilean politician who served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2020 to 2022,and as has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2020,representing District 22 of Araucanía.
An election for the members of the Constitutional Convention was held in Chile between 15 and 16 May 2021. This election was called after 78% of voters in the 2020 national plebiscite voted to write a new Constitution through this method.
Mario Guillermo Desbordes Jiménez is a Chilean politician and former police officer of Carabineros de Chile. He became the Minister of Defense in July 2020.
Ignacio Urrutia Bonilla is a Chilean politician who has served in the Chamber of Deputies since 2002.
Alejandro Javier Maldonado Bernales is a Chilean graphic designer and politician who serves as a parliamentary in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
Gaspar Alberto Rivas Sánchez is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Since March 2022,he has been a deputy of the Republic representing District 6 of the Valparaíso Region. He was a member of the Party of the People from 2021 to 2024.
Cristián Andrés LabbéMartínez is a Chilean politician who currently serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
Luis Malla Valenzuela is a Chilean politician who is part of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
Enrique Segundo Lee Flores is a surgeon with specialization in plastic surgery and Chilean politician.
Avancemos Chile was a short-lived Chilean political party which was founded in February 2023 by former militants of the Party of the People (PDG) and independents. The party had three members in the Chamber of Deputies before its collapse.
