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.

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.

Once the new millennium hit, Chile once ruled by a dictator, was now s democratic nation. Now Chileans had the ability to choose what party to support and had no obligation to pick the same party as other individuals because the choice was free. "As with party competition, this ideological distance is not an artifact of national totals, it is a reflection of politically homogenous geographical areas expressing different political preferences leading to a sharply different national totals. In any given election the degree of polarization is obviously due to the extent to which both Left and Right found support, and the extent to which the center party managed to hold their own" (Valenzuela). The era of terror was demolished and an era of freedom was constituted. The people themselves created their own type of gerrymandering and their own definition, of what it meant to be either from the left or the right party.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

Lenamond 7 The United States is the only major industrialized nation which does not guarantee universal health care to its citizens and when observing statistics concerning the cost of health expenditures and the quality of care, it is clear: the United States must switch to a system of national health care. Not only is universal coverage the most moral option available to the public, as it dramatically reduces easily avoidable deaths and disease, but a system of universal access is economically advantageous, an issue particularly persuasive when considering the current economic status of the United States. While the nation has seen small changes emerging in the recent years to attempt to transition to such a state (namely through the Affordable

Just remember that the indigenous communities oppose Mr. Correa’s intention to run for office again in 2017 by reforming the Constitution, which limits presidents to two terms, and reject his governing style, which is predicated on maintaining stringent control of state institutions. Corruption in Rafael Correa’s Presidency has gone under investigation and the money wasted on public works projects and the high salaries paid for government employees.

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.

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