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“What we came to allege has been rejected out of hand”: Government withdraws from the Senate Security Commission in discussion of the Naín-Retamal Law

After 3:00 p.m. this Monday, the Senate Public Safety Commission continued with the private discussion of the so-called Naín-Retamal Law. This law seeks, among other things, to increase the penalties for those

April 4, 2023

Chile

Experts vote on the first draft rules of the new Constitution of Chile

The Commission of Constitutional Experts began this Monday to vote on the preliminary norms that will integrate the draft of the proposal for a new Constitution of Chile, after last week the

April 4, 2023

Chile

Government presents Reconstruction Plan for forest fires in the south-central zone of the country: investment contemplates $229 million

From the Ñuble region, President Gabriel Boric presented the Reconstruction Plan for the areas that were affected by the forest fires that broke out during the month of February in the south-central

April 3, 2023

Chile

Marcelo Lagos caused alarm with his statements: “We are waiting for a large earthquake in the central zone”

the geographer Marcelo Lagosgeographer, academic and expert in earthquakes, has generated great concern in the Chilean population with his latest statements about the possibility of a next large-magnitude earthquake. Lagos, who was

April 3, 2023

Chile

UCEN study reveals discrepancies on the perception of irregular migration between the press and citizens

By analyzing more than a million tweets published by 53 national media outlets between October 2021 and September 2022, as well as the conversation generated in 101 Facebook groups, researchers from the

April 3, 2023

Chile

Senator Chahúan calls on the Government to speed up approval of the Nain-Retamal Law

The senator and president of Renovación Nacional, Francisco Chahuanand the deputy Jose Miguel Castro (RN), a member of the Citizen Security Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, visited La Moneda this morning

April 3, 2023

Chile

Foreign Minister Van Klaveren assures that Pedro Castillo attempted a coup in Peru

The Foreign Minister, alberto van klaverenpointed out that in Peru there was an attempt at a self-coup by the former president Pedro Castillo. In addition, he expressed his position on other states

April 3, 2023

Chile

Diego Ibáñez (CS) and security crisis: “To say that by occupying the monopoly of force, problems that are deeper and multifactorial are solved, is to sell smoke to the citizenry”

Last week was complex for the Government. The official discrepancies in the framework of the discussion of the Naín-Retamal Law in the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies, added to the concern of

April 3, 2023

Chile

Antofagasta Region: preventive early warning for rainfall

The National Civil Protection System (Senapred) reported on a preventive early warning for the Antofagasta Region, due to rainfall announced for the next few days. According to the Chilean Meteorological Directorate (DMC),

April 3, 2023

Chile

President Boric in the first commemorative activity of the 50 years of the Coup: “Security and Human Rights go hand in hand”

It was in Parque La Castrina, in San Joaquín, the place that hosted the launch of the acts that commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Military Coup. President Gabriel Boric participated in

April 3, 2023

Chile

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