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The FA, led by President Gabriel Boric, has suffered several important setbacks since he took office in March 2022.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285912
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The resignations followed police raids on Boluarte’s home in the context of a corruption probe known as ‘Rolexgate’, prompting some legislators to demand her impeachment. The new…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286107
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The turn towards authoritarianism suggested by the case has raised alarm bells in the diplomatic community. Her expulsion has also provoked the ire of the powerful private sector…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285673
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This followed the rejection of a left-wing proposal in September 2022 and marks the failure of efforts, initiated in late 2019 in response to widespread social protests, to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284140
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This is Chile’s second attempt to agree on a new constitution, following the overwhelming defeat of a previous proposal in a referendum in September 2022.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283045
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In the streets outside, police clashed with demonstrators demanding her resignation and early elections. A new president of Congress was elected two days earlier following a deal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280935
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In the Council’s election on May 7, the Republicans, a relatively new far-right party, obtained a landslide victory. However, suggestions that the party is in pole position to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279316
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This would both constrain fiscal revenues and -- regardless of whether the proposed constitution is approved in a plebiscite on September 4 -- heighten pressure for increased…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271870
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The intended reset was overshadowed by the March 8 defeat in Congress of a proposed tax reform, a key plank of his left-wing reform agenda. This followed another major defeat in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276707
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His immediate predicament is how to overcome accusations of involvement in corruption that could lead to a fresh attempt to impeach him. Castillo appears intent on trying to ride…