The journalist and former Minister of Mining of the first government of former President Michelle Bachelet, Karen Poniachik, died at the age of 57 in unknown circumstances until now.
Poniachik was a key figure in Chile’s entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and currently served as director of the Global Center at Columbia University and other companies.
As a result of her death, the Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, expressed regret “the departure of Karen Poniachik, an excellent professional who led the Ministry of Mining and also the predecessor institution of the Ministry of Energy. My condolences to her family “.
Poniachik was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 35 years old. After beating the disease through radiation treatment, she was told to wait five or six years for her to become a mother, which she finally did at the age of 44.
