Chile Presidential Election

Latin America is a continent that is constantly struggling between governmental abuse and oppression of its citizens. In Latin America, it is very common for non –democratic systems to be enforced. During recent years, the continent has experienced a governmental shift from an absolute to a more democratic system. This era is called the democratic third wave, which brought about democratic like tendencies to Latin America. Many factors such as corruption, poverty, and inequality pushed the people to favor this new democratic system. The abuse of power is also very common, and the citizen’s unrest is highly noted. Most citizens are in favor of doing away with the old system of government, and establishing a new efficient political system.

The CIA was trying to ensure a solid economy for Chile in order to keep profiting from American Companies that exploited Chilean minerals.

A place the major language is spanish, the president of the country is a woman, the most important value is family, and where the most funniest festival are taken place. This place/country is Chile, the “Island nation” is one of the top beautiful country. With their popular fun holidays, beautiful natural land, clear water, and friendly citizens. Chile is different from other countries which makes them stand out in politics, culture, and fashion.

The form of government in Mexico is a Federal Republic (a mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts) just as the United States, Mexico has their forms of the Executive, Legislative and a Judicial branches. The Executive branch is the elected president and his appointed cabinet of 18. The Presidency in Mexico is a six-year term, and they are not allowed to run for re-election. The Legislative branch is a bicameral legislature which consist of: National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members are elected by popular vote for a six-year term, 32 seats are allocated on the basis of each party 's popular vote) and the Federal Chamber of Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are elected by popular vote; the other 200 members are allocated on the basis of

The republic of Chile is home to a very diverse geographical setting, unlike anywhere else on the planet. 2,650 miles of Pacific coastline makes up the western border of Chile, while the eastern border is with Argentina, one third of it being divided by the Andes Mountains and the remaining being direct. To the north, Chile borders Peru and Bolivia, although the declared borders of these countries are separated from Chile by the Atacama Desert. Aside from the mainland of Chile, Chile also claims sovereignty over Easter Island and, due to its relative close distance from Antarctica, it also claims sovereignty over approximately 483,000 square miles of the Antarctic landmass. The current population of Chile is 17.8 million people, making it

The 1950-1960s brought about the spread of worldwide marxism, while simultaneously prompting extremist anti-communist practices, particularly in the United States. Though the Cold War centered around the northern hemisphere, South America was not immune to the marxist ideology and political atmosphere. However, until the late 1960’s Chile remained comparatively stable to neighboring countries. Nevertheless, the election of Socialist Salvador Allende Gossens in 1970 brought severe political unrest. The first election of an openly marxist leader alarmed many Americans and weakened ties between the two countries. Allende’s policies to limit inflation by freezing prices and raising income backfired and succeeded only in angering the U.S. as Chilean

French, John. 2010. “Many Lefts, One Path? Chavez and Lula.” In Latin America’s Left Turns: Politics, Policies, and Trajectories of Change. Eds. Maxwell A. Cameron & Eric Hershberg. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 41-60.

Chile is a country located in South America which borders Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Chile Government is based on a democratic republican framework. The President of Chile is both the 'head of state' and 'head of government'. The executive power is exercised by the government of Chile. The judicial branch of Chile functions independently. The legislative powers are vested both with the Government and the National Congress of Chile. The Constitution of the Republic of Chile was adopted on September 11, 1980 and entered into force on March 11, 1981. Since then, the Constitution has been amended many times, most recently in 2011. The Constitution defines Chile as unitary, decentralized, democratic republic. It provides that the State shall

The country of Chile is located in western South America. The conditions vary with the mountains, deserts, and beaches.

The division of political parties among Venezuelan citizens has caused the country to be in a state of serious political unrest. With crime at an all time high and food and supplies in shortages, Venezuelans are watching as their country slowly transforms from a democracy to a dictatorship under the presidency of Nicolás Maduro. Public protests against President Maduro have been happening for months now, and things are only escalating.

Though Chile had been an authoritarian regime under US influence for years, it collapsed in the 1960s, when social movements began to emerge prompting many to question existing social and political policies. Socialist Salvador Allende won the presidency under the platform that more would be given to the citizens of Chile, as opposed to foreign investors. The US had previously been involved in funding political campaigns, but relations turned sour in 1970 when Chile became a socialist state. Many of the reforms under the newly elected president began to loosen the American control over the Chilean economy. To prevent further weakening of American influence in Chile, the US supported and aided a military coup in 1973 that removed the democratically

In 1980 the Chilean electorate voted in approval of a new Constitution that cemented the changes brought about by the rule of Pinochet. The 1980 Constitution would shift Chile from a military government back to a civil one with a time frame of eight years, during which the Junta would still be in power and the beneficiary of a number of meaningful alterations. It gave the President of the Republic a large amount of power, such as the power of dissolving the Lower Chamber of Congress and serving eight-year terms with possibility of reelection (Barros, 2002). During the eight years Pinochet took advantage of his increased powers and implemented various neoliberal reforms. The 1980 Constitution was a plan for a restricted democracy but even though

I was wrong. In 2006, when I was seven years old Rafael Correa was elected president of Ecuador. What I first thought to be a charismatic leader shortly turned into a strong authoritarian leader and not a friend of free speech. Correa started a long harassing campaign against the media, and was particularly vicious against my family. This long harassment reached its peak in 2010, when as a result of an unflattering OP-ed Correa, sued the newspaper for slander claiming that his “honor as a common citizen” was tainted. He asked for $80 million dollars (A ridiculous sum that would bankrupt the paper) and jail time for the editors and directors.

The presidential election is being watched more closely by foreign ministers, and governments around the world. To remember a candidate out of step like Donald Trump with the existing foreign policy is hard. His views are at a disagreement with the policies that have controlled foreign policy for years. A president with opposing views of other countries, would be a problem for most

Nevertheless, I can tell with security that almost the entire population sees the strongest party since decades ago as the most corrupt one, its name is “Partido Revolucionario Institucional” (Institutional Revolutionary Party) known more widely as “PRI”. They have a long array of corruption cases around the whole republic of misuse of public resources, links to cartels, money laundry, etc. And