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Boric backs Lula a day before Brazil's presidential runoff
The former Chilean president called Lula "that lovely old man who, at 80, keeps fighting" and said he hoped Lula would defeat Flávio Bolsonaro.
UDI president blames Boric government for sentence reductions for 56 convicted offenders
Guillermo Ramírez defended Minister Fernando Rabat and called for changing the law to prevent sentence reductions for child abusers.
UDI defends Rabat over sentence reductions for 56 people convicted of child abuse
Guillermo Ramírez said the justice minister followed the law and blamed Boric's government, while the opposition considers bringing a constitutional accusation against him.
Jeannette Jara takes a back seat to Bachelet and Boric's leadership
The former Communist candidate divides her time between teaching, a consultancy and a doctorate in Buenos Aires, and those close to her do not rule out a mayoral bid.
Former Foreign Ministers Moreno and Van Klaveren urge care in relations with Argentina
The former ministers under Piñera and Boric warn that controversies over Magallanes and the Falkland Islands threaten decades of integration between the two countries.
Eleventh deportation flight reignites dispute over figures under Boric's administration
Sauerbaum cites 2,000 departures compared with 700 under the previous government, and Thayer responds that voluntary departures were not previously counted.
Sedini accuses government of leaving room for Boric’s former ministers
Kast’s former spokesperson called for ministers to appear more often in the media and warned that Gonzalo Arenas’s role as spokesperson will be key for the executive branch.
Vodanovic and Poduje clash over credit for El Pajonal Park in Maipú
The mayor of Maipú recalled that the park was designed under Piñera and funded under Boric, after the minister credited it to Kast.
Jackson defends Boric government in controversy over sentence reductions
The former minister said on X that the previous administration rejected all requests for sentence reductions and that the current administration approved 56 cases involving child abusers.
Fund E decline reignites opposition debate over ending AFPs
Communist Deputy Luis Cuello proposes rethinking or eliminating the system, while the governing coalition defends it and the Superintendency considers sanctions.
Ramírez accuses Squella of making defamatory remarks about Hernán Larraín
The UDI president joined Evópoli in rebuking the Republican Party leader and warned that the infighting weakens the government in Congress.
Congress passes law to speed up expulsions as Peru reviews Kast's figures
A Peruvian senator spoke of up to a million people expelled by Chile, but official records show fewer than 2,000 since March.
Who's who in the crisis over the AFPs' Fondo E
The regulator, the seven AFPs, former superintendent Macías and Socialist lawmakers face off on administrative, political and criminal fronts.
Kast backs Rabat and freezes new sentence reduction decrees
The government rules out removing the justice minister despite discontent within the ruling coalition and acknowledges that reversing 56 sentence reductions is legally complex.
Brazil to choose its president between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro with polls tied
Prediction markets give Jair Bolsonaro's son about a 78% chance, although polls show a minimal gap.
Communist Party declares "strategic resistance" to Kast government
The communists will prioritize social mobilization over electoral politics and make the 2027 budget their main battle with La Moneda.
Pension fund administrators face Fund E losses without allies and deny making mistakes
Former officials accuse them of imprudent interest rate swap bets, while the pension industry association maintains they acted within the law.
Former Minister Larraín says Supreme Court changed its position on sentence reductions
Hernán Larraín maintains that Law 21,421 never sought to protect benefits for people convicted of child abuse and that recent rulings acknowledge this.
Lagos joins presidential advisory team, becoming the third former official to return as an adviser
The former undersecretary of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government follows Jouannet and Duco as an adviser to Irarrázaval and could also take up a post at the OAS.
Former Minister Gómez refused to sign nearly 500 sentence reductions in 2015
The former Radical Party minister clashed with the Supreme Court, became a suspect in a criminal investigation and now backs Fernando Rabat amid the crisis affecting Kast's government.