Citizens (Chilean Political Party)
Citizens ( es, Ciudadanos , called Public Force between 2013 and 2015) was a Chilean political party founded in 2013, with members comprising militants and independents of the center and center-left whose beliefs did not align with New Majority or Chile Vamos. Party militants mainly came from the Christian Democratic Party and the Party for Democracy. Ideology One of the ideological axes of Citizens was the realization of political reforms, mainly to the binominal system that governs in the country. Other elements of the party platform included term limits for political officeholders and equal marriage. History Public Force (2013-2015) The Public Force ( es, Fuerza Pública) movement was officially launched on October 7, 2013, through an event held at Concha Palace in the Concha y Toro neighborhood of Santiago de Chile. It was headed by the former Minister of Finance, Andrés Velasco Brañes. With this political movement, Velasco sought to capitalize on the 13% of the vote tha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrés Velasco Brañes
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Chile Vamos
(Spanish for "Let’s go Chile”) is a centre-right to right-wing political coalition of three political parties in Chile. The coalition was created on 29 January 2015 by the general secretaries of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), National Renewal (RN), Democratic Independent Regionalist Party (PRI) and Political Evolution (Evópoli). For the 2021 parliamentary election, the coalition was renamed (stylized , Spanish for "Chile we can (do) more"). History On August 2, 2014, during the National Council of National Renewal in Santiago, the party chairman Cristián Monckeberg called his group together with the UDI and then political movement Evópoli to refound the Alliance under the name ''Coalition for Freedom''. Negotiations were also held with the Independent Regionalist Party so that it would join the coalition, which concluded in December 2014 with the creation of a new coalition agreed to contest the municipal elections of 2016, and the presidential, parliamentary an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Official Gazette Of The Republic Of Chile
An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority, (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private). An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed '' ex officio'' (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent. Something "official" refers to something endowed with governmental or other authoritative recognition or mandate, as in official language, official gazette, or official scorer. Etymology The word ''official'' as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French ''official'' (12th century), from t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Future Sense
Sumemos (Spanish for "Let's add") was a Chilean political coalition that brought together two parties and a liberal centrist political movement. It was officially presented on January 13, 2016, in an event held in the building of the former National Congress of Chile. History It was founded with the name Future Sense ( es, Sentido Futuro, SF). Its origins go back to September 28, 2015, when Amplitude announced the formation of a political coalition of liberal center next to the movements Citizens and Liberal Network ( es, Red Liberal), facing the municipal elections of 2016 in which it was presented under the name of "Chile wants Amplitude» ( es, Chile Quiere Amplitud) with 41 candidates for mayor and 289 for councilors. They have also indicated that they intend to present their own presidential candidate for the 2017 elections. By April 2017, while the two parties that make up the coalition (Amplitude and Citizens) registered their collectivities in a minimum of three continuo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016 Chilean Municipal Elections
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Amplitude (political Party)
Amplitude was a Chilean classical-liberal political party founded in January 2014. Although initially grouped as centre-right independents that had no militancy in the parties of the Alliance, the party's leanings were later grouped with the "liberal center" and the party was associated with other movements outside the coalition before its dissolution. History On 7 January 2014, deputies Karla Rubilar, and decided to leave their party, the National Renewal party, due to ideological differences. Among the reasons that were given for leaving was the party's refusal to support the closing of the (a special prison for military people that were condemned for human rights violations under the Pinochet dictatorship), its lack of support for the allowance of civil unions, and its position on economic and educational policies. The same day, Rubilar, Browne, and Ibáñez presented a manifesto entitled "Amplitud", which outlined a new political movement. The positions detailed includ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soledad Alvear
María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (born September 17, 1950), is a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politician, who was a cabinet member of the Aylwin, Frei and Lagos administrations. She was president of the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) from 2006–2008. She is currently senator for Santiago/East. Under President Patricio Aylwin, Alvear worked as Minister of Women's Affairs, a new Ministry created to deal with discrimination against women in Chilean society. Under the Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle administration she assumed as Justice Minister and helped in completely overhauling the Criminal Justice Code, which dated from Spanish Colonial times. With Ricardo Lagos she worked as campaign manager during the 2000 runoff election, and then under his government she worked as Foreign Minister, signing Free Trade Agreement with the United States, the European Community and South Korea. On late 2004 Alvear won her party's nomination for the upcoming presidential election, and then was t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sebastián Sichel
Sebastián Iglesias Sichel Ramírez (born 30 July 1977) is a Chilean lawyer, professor, ex minister of State and politician who served as president of the () from June 2020 until December 2020. He also previously served as Minister of Social Development and Family and executive vice president of Corfo under the second government of Sebastián Piñera. He was an independent candidate in the 2021 Chilean presidential election who ran under the centre-right coalition. In 2010, he was one of the founding members of , an online newspaper on topics such as politics, culture, and sports. Biography Born in Santiago, his parents are Antonio Alejandro José Sichel Poblete and Ana María Ramírez Alvarado. His birth name was registered as Sebastián ''Sichel'', but his paternal surname was changed to ''Iglesias'' after his mother married Saúl Iglesias. When Sebastián Iglesias was 11 years old, he learned from his grandfather that Saúl Iglesias was not his father. He then met hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013 Chilean General Election
General elections were held in Chile on 17 November 2013, including presidential, parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect: * A President of the Republic to serve a four-year term. * Twenty out of 38 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress. * The full 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress. * The full 278 members of the regional boards to serve a four-year term. All the newly elected authorities began their terms on 11 March 2014. In the presidential election, former president Michelle Bachelet fell short of the absolute majority needed for an outright win. In the runoff election, held on 15 December, she beat former senator and Minister of Labor Evelyn Matthei with over 62% of the vote, with turnout significantly lower than in the first round. In the parliamentary elections, the New Majority coalition (backing Bachelet's candidacy) won back control of both ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mariana Aylwin
Laura Mariana Aylwin Oyarzún (born 13 July 1949) is a Chilean people, Chilean teacher, historian and politician. She was born into the Aylwin family; her father, Patricio Aylwin, was the President of Chile, 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994, years where he led the beginnings of the Chilean transition to democracy, Transition to democracy from Pinochet dictatorship, Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. During her father's presidency, she worked as an external advisor to the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency (Chile), Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency Directorate of Studies. Biography Since 1972, Aylwin has been married to the historian Carlos Bascuñán, with whom she had four children, including the actress Paz Bascuñán. She completed his secondary studies at the Santa Úrsula College in the capital city Santiago de Chile. Once received, she studied pedagogy in History and Geography, History, Geography and Civic Education at the Pontifical Catholic U ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chilean Presidential Primaries, 2013
The Chilean presidential primaries of 2013 were held in Chile on Sunday 30 June 2013. It was the first such election to be run by the government under a new primary law published in December 2012. According to the law, primaries are voluntary, but its results are binding. The two main political coalitions decided to participate: Former president Michelle Bachelet won the Nueva Mayoría primary with 73% of the vote, while former senator and minister Pablo Longueira won the Alianza primary with 51%. Longueira withdrew on 17 July and was replaced by Evelyn Matthei, who had not participated in the primaries. Bachelet defeated Matthei in the runoff election held on 15 December 2013. Candidates Alianza candidates Both candidates were officially registered on 1 May 2013. Affiliates from both Alianza parties (RN and UDI) plus independent electors were allowed to vote. Declined candidacy *Laurence Golborne ( Ind.), held several ministerial posts during Sebastián Piñera's tenure. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santiago De Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 8 million which is nearly 40% of the country's population, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely in the country's central valley. Most of the city lies between above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal and Balmaceda Park. The Andes Mountains can be seen from most points i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |