Washington Ramón Saldías González (born August 24, 1949) is a Chilean politician. Saldías is also the executive editor of '' Pichilemu News''. Saldías was elected Councillor of Pichilemu 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 and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

on August 24, 1949. His family moved to

Pichilemu Pichilemu (, ), originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort cities in Chile, city and communes of Chile, commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region. The commune comprises an urban centre and tw ...

in 1950, and he stayed there until 1964. In 1975, Saldías was hired by ''

La Tercera (), formerly known as (), is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is s closest competitor. is part of Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos ( Latin American Newspaper Association), an organization of fourte ...

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

Cardenal Caro Province Cardenal Caro Province () 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, native of Pichilemu, and ...

. 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 '' Pichilemu News''.

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1949 births Living people Politicians from Santiago, Chile Pichilemu City Council members Chilean newspaper editors {{Pichilemu-stub