Washington Ramón Saldías González (born August 24, 1949) is a Chilean politician. Saldías is also the executive editor of ''

Pichilemu News Pichilemu (, ), originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region. The commune comprises an urban centre and twenty-two villages, including Cirue ...

''. Saldías was elected

Councillor of Pichilemu The Pichilemu City Council ( es, Concejo Municipal de Pichilemu) is the legislative body of the City of Pichilemu. The council meets in Pichilemu City Hall. City Council The City Council consists of seven members, including the Mayor. City counc ...

with 870 votes (13.70%) from a total of 6,352 votes in Chilean municipal election of 1996.

Biography

Saldías was born in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), 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 Regions of Chile, region, t ...

on August 24, 1949. His family moved to Pichilemu in 1950, and he stayed there until 1964. In 1975, Saldías was hired by ''

La Tercera ''La Tercera'' ( es, The Third One), formerly known as ''La Tercera de la Hora'' ('the third of the hour'), is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is ''El Mercurio''s closest competitor. ''La Tercera'' is part o ...

'' as Correspondent in Pichilemu for the newspaper. In 1979, he became Governor of the recently founded

Cardenal Caro Province Cardenal Caro Province ( es, Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu. Name The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez ...

. Saldías acquired the rights to edit '' Periódico Pichilemu'' (founded in 1944), from January 31, 1986 until 1990. His project remained dormant until January 2000, when he founded ''

''.

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