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Caso Corpesca
The Corpesca case refers to an investigation and criminal case in Chile that revolves around illicit payments made by the industrial fishing firm Corpesca to at least two politicians, namely Jaime Orpis of the UDI party and Felipe Harboe of the PPD party. The objective of these payments was to influence votes pertaining to the fishing law known as the Longueira Law. The law, enacted in 2012, resulted in the allocation of a significant portion of Chile's fishing quota to companies controlled by no more than seven families, with the provision that these fishing rights would be inherited indefinitely by their heirs. The case primarily focuses on the influence exerted during the distribution of fishing quotas under the Longueira law. In Chile, a small number of industrial fishing companies possess the largest quotas for fishing specific species such as ''Merluccius australis'', Chilean jack mackerel, and anchovies. The Corpesca case specifically investigates the payments made to manipu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penta Case
The Penta case (or Penta- SQM, since the two cases are related) is a criminal case brought against Grupo Penta (or Empresas Penta), a Chilean holding company, and employees of the Chilean National Tax System (SII). Key employees of the firm have been convicted of committing tax fraud by creating fake invoices in the National Tax System (SII). These funds were then directed to the political campaigns of mainly UDI (far right wing) politicians as campaign contributions. Several Penta employees, as some of their family members, have been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, and money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions .... Both directors of Penta Bank, Carlos Alberto Délano and Carlos Eugenio Lavín, were penalized with paying a fine, spending a few days in a specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishing In Chile
Fishing in Chile is a major industry with a total catch of 4,442,877 tons of fish in 2006. As of 2010, Chile has the seventh largest commercial catch in the world. With over 4,000 km (2,500 miles) of viable coastline, fishing has been a vital resource for small-scale business and family development for hundreds of years. Due to the Humboldt Current, the Chilean Sea is considered among the most productive marine ecosystems in the world as well as the largest upwelling system. Artisanal fishing is practised all over Chile's 6,435 km long coastline and combines industrial techniques with pre-Hispanic traditions. Recreational fishing tourism in southern Chile's rivers has recently gained worldwide fame attracting actors such as Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, and Kevin Costner. History Fishing began in Chile with the introduction of salmon species into the country at the end of the 19th century — with great success since the salmon did not encounter any large enemies or p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro García-Huidobro
Alejandro García-Huidobro Sanfuentes (born 19 April 1952) is a Chilean politician who served as a member of the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ... of his country. References External links * 1952 births Living people Chilean people 21st-century Chilean politicians Union of the Centrist Center politicians Independent Democratic Union politicians University of Chile alumni {{Chile-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulvio Rossi
Fulvio Fabrizio Rossi Ciocca (born 30 September 1970) is a Chilean politician and physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th .... External Links BCN Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Fulvio Living people 1970 births Chilean physicians Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Socialist Party of Chile politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians People from Iquique Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's Bicameralism, bicameral National Congress of Chile, National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile. Composition According to the present Constitution of Chile, the Senate is composed of forty-three direct election, directly elected senators, chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 16 senatorial circumscriptions. These serve eight-year terms, with half of them being replaced every fourth year. They must be eligible to vote, have completed secondary school, or its equivalent, and be at least 35 years old. The Senate meets at the new National Congress building located in the port city of Valparaíso that replaced the Ex Congreso Nacional, old National Congress building located in downtown Santiago, Chile, Santiago, the nation's capital (political), capital. Abolition of the unelected Amendments to the Constitution, approved by a joint session of Congress on August 16, 2005, eliminated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Horvath
Antonio Carlos Horvath Kiss (3 January 1950 – 23 May 2018) was a Chilean politician who served as a Deputy from 1990 to 1994, and as a Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ... from 1994 to 2018. References External links BCN Profile 1950 births 2018 deaths Chilean lawyers University of Chile alumni Chilean people of Hungarian descent Politicians from Santiago Deputies of the XLVIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XLIX Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the L Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the LI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the LII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the LIII Legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Chile
The Communist Party of Chile ( es, Partido Comunista de Chile, ) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party () and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (, JJ.CC), in 1932. History The PCCh was founded on 4 June 1912 by Luis Emilio Recabarren, after he left the Democrat Party. The party was initially known as the Socialist Workers' Party, before adopting its current name on 2 January 1922. It achieved congressional representation shortly thereafter and played a leading role in the development of the Chilean labor movement. Closely tied to the Soviet Union and the Third International, the PCCh participated in the Popular Front (''Frente Popular'') government of 1938, growing rapidly among the unionized working class in the 1940s. It then participated to the Popular Front's successor, the Democratic Alliance. Concern over the PCCh's success at building a strong electoral bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Gutiérrez Gálvez
Hugo Humberto Gutiérrez Gálvez (born 5 October 1961) is a Chilean politician who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. On 12 January 2021, he resigned to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile to run for the Constitutional Convention. His position was replaced by Rubén Moraga Mamani, former governor of Tamarugal Province Tamarugal Province ( es, Provincia de Tamarugal) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá. The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte. Name The province is named after Pampa del Tamarugal. Spanish name: * Provincia de Tam .... References External links * Living people 1961 births People from Iquique 21st-century Chilean politicians Communist Party of Chile politicians Members of the Chilean Constitutional Convention Deputies of the LV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile University of Concepción alumni Deputies of the LIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SQM Case
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile ( SQM) is a Chilean chemical and mining company, who mines lithium and makes fertilizer and other chemicals. The company is currently under indictment and investigation for diverting funds to different politicians in Chile. The SQM Case is closely related to the Penta Case, since defendants from both cases overlap and it is the same type of crime. So it's also called the Penta-SQM Case. So far, 6 defendants have been charged. This case includes tax fraud and violations of political campaign laws. Different persons, either politicians or their advisers or even family members, created fake invoices which SQM then paid. It is alleged that those who created these fake invoices then passed those funds onto political parties in violation of campaign finance laws. So they were acting on behalf of the politicians, without the politicians being involved directly. As to whether those funds bought any favors from the politicians for SQM, so far that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Democratic Union
The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian allied with Augusto Pinochet. Guzmán was a senator from 1990 until his murder by communist guerrillas on April 1, 1991. Its ideological origins date back to Guzmán's Guildist Movement, born out of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1966, espousing the independence and depoliticization of intermediate bodies of civil society. The UDI is today a conservative political party with strong links to the Opus Dei, that opposes abortion in nearly all or all cases. UDI has for most of its history formed coalitions with National Renewal (RN) and other minor movements under different names such as; Participación y Progreso (1992), Unión por el Progreso de Chile (1993), Alliance for Chile (1999–2009, 2013), Coalition for Change (2009–2012) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
