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Chileans march to demand free, quality education

Agencia EFEMay 8, 2013 22:15
Santiago, May 8 (EFE).- Thousands of Chilean students and teachers marched in this capital on Wednesday to reassert their demand for overhaul of a partly privatized model of education that dates from the Pinochet dictatorship. The procession departed from the University of Santiago and made its way to Los Reyes park on the north side of the city. Associations representing college and secondary students and the Teachers Guild called the demonstration, their second major mobilization in less than a month.

Initial examination confirms Pablo Neruda suffered from advanced cancer

Agencia EFEMay 2, 2013 14:45
Santiago, May 2 (EFE).- The initial tests performed on the exhumed remains of Nobel literature laureate Pablo Neruda show that the Chilean poet was suffering from advanced prostate cancer, officials associated with the process confirmed to Efe. The report from the medical examiner's office was delivered today to Judge Mario Carroza, who is presiding over the effort to determine what killed Neruda, who died on Sept. 23, 1973, 12 days after Gen. Augusto Pinochet toppled Chile's Socialist government in a bloody coup.

Violence mars May Day march in Chile

Agencia EFEMay 1, 2013 19:45
Santiago, May 1 (EFE).- Tens of thousands of Chileans took to the streets of this capital Wednesday in a violence-marred rally to commemorate International Workers Day and press demands for tax reform, a new pensions system and an overhaul of labor regulations. Organized by the CUT labor federation and backed by grassroots and student groups, the demonstration drew 100,000 people, according to organizers, while police put the number at 25,000.

Chile's ruling party presidential hopeful steps aside

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 21:16
Laurence Golborne, who helped lead the high-profile rescue of Chilean miners to become the ruling party's hope in the November presidential vote, withdrew Monday as a potential candidate. After Cencosud, a major retailer he led, faced a financial scandal, Golborne stepped aside and Economy Minister Pablo Longueira became the conservatives' standardbearer. "I do not want to be an obstacle. And I hereby remove myself from consideration for any candidacy," Golborne said.

Chile's Socialists name Bachelet as presidential candidate

April 13, 2013 18:16
Santiago, Apr 13 (EFE).- Chile's ex-President Michelle Bachelet was named Saturday at a massive ceremony as representative of the Socialist Party, or PS, and the smaller Party for Democracy, or PPD, in the opposition's presidential primaries. The primaries will be held June 30, during which the leading political blocs will nominate their candidates for the presidential election on Nov. 17.

Chilean students return to the streets with mass protest

April 11, 2013 18:48
Santiago, Apr 11 (EFE).- Chile's student movement on Thursday offered another demonstration of its clout, bringing tens of thousands onto the streets of the capital to demand the overhaul of an educational model that dates from the Pinochet dictatorship. It was the first joint protest this year by Confech, representing the majority of collegians, and the various organizations of high school students, with support from organized labor.

Chile's Bachelet announces re-election bid

March 28, 2013 03:15
Popular former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet said late Wednesday she would seek a second term in November 17 elections, vowing to fight inequality if she won. Bachelet, who from 2006 to 2010 was the first woman to lead the South American country, made the announcement to applause at a public event in a southern Santiago neighborhood where she grew up. "I am ready for this challenge, I have made the decision to be a candidate," said the 61-year-old before joining the crowd in singing the national anthem.

Chile's Bachelet announces re-election bid

March 27, 2013 23:00
Popular former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced late Wednesday that she is running in November 17 election. Bachelet, the country's first female president 2006-2010, made the announcement at a public event in a southern Santiago neighborhood where she grew up. Polls show that Bachelet, 61, is the runaway favorite in the race, even though she first has to win a June primary election against three largely unknown candidates.

Former Chilean leader Bachelet seeking presidential comeback

March 27, 2013 21:30
By Alexandra Ulmer SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet ended months of speculation late on Wednesday by announcing she will run in a November presidential election that she is favoured to win. A popular centre-leftist who ruled the copper-exporting nation from 2006 to 2010, Bachelet will likely face a candidate from the right-wing bloc of President Sebastian Pinera, who is barred from seeking a consecutive term under the constitution.

Bachelet leaves UN to head back to Chile

March 15, 2013 23:15
Michelle Bachelet announced Friday that she is quitting as head of the UN women's agency amid mounting speculation that she will stand for a new term as president of Chile in November elections. Bachelet was the first head of UN Women when it was created in 2010. Before that she was head of state in Chile from 2006 to 2010. Bachelet announced her departure from the UN at the end of a stormy two week meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women. "Now a personal note. This will be my last CSW. I'm going back to my country," she told delegates.
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