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Piñeragate
''Piñeragate'', also known as ''Kiotazo'', was a political scandal in Chile that unfolded on August 23, 1992. It centered around the broadcast of a secretly recorded telephone conversation during a live program on Megavisión, a private television channel. The conversation involved Sebastián Piñera, then a senator and prospective candidate for the 1993 presidential election, conspiring against his political rival, deputy Evelyn Matthei. Both Piñera and Matthei were prominent figures within the right-wing National Renewal (RN) party and competed for the presidential candidacy of the Union for Progress political coalition. The recording was aired during the political program ''A eso de...'', hosted by businessman and Megavisión president Ricardo Claro, who played the recording using a Kioto brand cassette player. In the conversation, Piñera was heard requesting his associate Pedro Pablo Díaz to influence the moderators of the program in an attempt to discredit Matthei and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Matthei
Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (born 11 November 1953) is a Chilean politician, who served as mayor of Providencia, Chile, Providencia, a commune in Santiago, from 2016 to 2024. She previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies from 1990 to 1998 and as a Senate of Chile, senator from 1998 to 2011. Under President Sebastián Piñera she served as Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Chile), Minister of Labor and Social Welfare from 2011 to 2013. Later that year, she ran for president of Chile as the candidate for the Independent Democratic Union, Independent Democrat Union but lost in a runoff to former President Michelle Bachelet in the 2013 Chilean general election, 2013 elections.Senate Resume (Spanish). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Chilean General Election
General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993 to elect the President, members of the Chamber of Deputies and elected members of the Senate.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concertación alliance was elected president, and the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate. As of , this is the most recent presidential election that did not result in a runoff. Presidential candidates Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia The Concertación, which had governed with Patricio Aylwin since 1990, needed to choose a successor who would run as their presidential candidate in the 1993 elections. To determine their candidate, the parties decided to hold primary elections, marking a historic milestone as it was the first time in Chile that a political coalition used this mechanism to select its sole candidate. Participation in these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piñera Matthei
Pinera or Piñera may refer to: People * Piñera (surname) * Mike Pinera (1948 – 2024), American musician * Piñera family, a Chilean political family, including, most notably: ** Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024), President of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and 2018 to 2022 ** Miguel Piñera (1954–2025), Chilean singer and brother of Sebastián Piñera ** José Piñera, Chilean politician and brother of Sebastián and Miguel **José Piñera Carvallo (1917–1991), Chilean politician and father of Sebastián, José and Miguel **Andrés Chadwick Piñera (born 1956), Chilean lawyer, politician, and cousin of Sebastián Piñera ** Bernardino Piñera (1915–2020), Chilean Catholic bishop and cousin of Sebastián, Miguel and José Places Australia * Pinera railway station, in Adelaide, South Australia Spain * Piñera (Castropol), a parish in Castropol, Asturias * Piñera (Cudillero), a parish in Cudillero, Asturias * Piñera (Narcea), a parish in Cangas del Narcea, Asturias * Piñera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Jocelyn-Holt
José Tomás Jocelyn-Holt Letelier (born 16 January 1963) is a Chilean people, Chilean politician, former member of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile (until 2012), and former member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile between 1994 and 2002. Jocelyn-Holt Letelier was an independent candidate for the 2013 Chilean presidential election, 2013 presidential election, but lost the election with the lowest voting percentage in the history of his country. He's the younger brother of Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt, a well known historian. He also has another brother, Enrique, an economist. References External links Official campaign website 1963 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Candidates for President of Chile Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Politicians from Santiago, Chile Independent politicians in Chile Presidents of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation Westland Midd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernán Büchi
Hernán Alberto Büchi Buc (; born March 6, 1949) is a Chilean economist who served as minister of finance of the Pinochet dictatorship. In 1989 he ran unsuccessfully for president with support of Chilean right-wing parties. Early life Büchi was born into a Roman Catholic family of Swiss, German and Croatian descent who settled in Iquique. He studied at Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera of Santiago. After receiving a diploma in mining at the University of Chile he went to the U.S. and earned an MBA from Columbia University in 1975. Despite this fact, he is often mentioned together with the Chicago Boys who studied economics at the University of Chicago, because he represents similar neoliberal market positions. In 1975, Hernán Büchi began as a consultant of the Secretary of Economics, Pablo Baraona, and as a chair of the board of directors of the state-owned sugar refiner ''Industria Azucarera Nacional''. In 1978, he joined the board of the state-owned telep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes (8 March 1921 – 19 April 2020) was a Chilean right-wing politician who served as one of the founders of the National Renewal party. Biography Coming from a rural background, he studied agriculture at the University of Chile. He first became involved in politics in the 1950s, initially with the youth movement of the Agrarian Labor Party before becoming involved in the National Action with Jorge Prat. He was instrumental in the formation of the National Party in 1966 and served as leader of the opposition to the left-wing government and, from 1971, editor of the anti-socialist journal ''Tribuna''. Elected to the Senate of Chile in the 1973 election, Jarpa became a diplomat following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, serving as a delegate to the United Nations and before becoming ambassador to Colombia (1976-1978) and then Argentina (1978-1983). Jarpa was appointed Minister of the Interior in 1983 with special orders to open dialogue with the oppositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Espina
Alberto Miguel Espina Otero (born 4 December 1956) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was Minister of Defense in the second government of the President Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022). Biography He is the son of Alberto Espina Barros and María Eliana Otero Lathrop (now deceased). Also Espina has three brothers: a doctor, another Minister of the Court of Appeals and another sister. Likewise, he is the nephew of Miguel Otero Lathrop, senator of Renovación Nacional ―RN; same party of Espina― for the 1990–1998 period. He attended at The Grange School graduating from there in 1974. Then, he entered to Universidad de Chile's School of Law, being received with a degree in legal and social sciences in 1979. During his spell at the School of Law he was assistant of the Constitutional and Procedural Law departments as well as he was assistant professor of Procedural Law. Once received, Espina was professor of Criminal Law and Police Procedure at the Escuela de Carabinero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abcdin
Abcdin (AW-Beh-CEH-Deen) is a Chilean homeware Household goods are goods and products used within households. They are the tangible and movable personal property placed in the rooms of a house, such as a bed or refrigerator. Economic role Businesses that produce household goods are categori ...s chain. It was founded in 1950 as a subsidiary of Copec. Today, it is owned by Yaconí-Santa Cruz. History Early years (1950-1995) During the 1950s to promote the use of natural gas Empresas Copec began to sell products that needed natural gas such as stoves and heaters. In 1966 formal retail sales at ABC began under the name ''Abastible'' ("supplier"). The company sold ''Línea Blanca'' ("white line") products and appliances. In 1976, the private holding company ''Abastecedora de Combustibles Comercial Limitada'' ("Commercial Fuel Supplier Limited") created as the household products and homewares retail division and was subsequently renamed ABC. In from 1982 to 1989 ABC operation beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Democratic Union
The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician, law professor and senator Jaime Guzmán, a civilian allied with Augusto Pinochet. Its ideological origins date back to Guzmán's Guildist Movement, born out of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1966, espousing the independence and depoliticization of intermediate bodies of civil society. The UDI is today a conservative political party with strong links to the Opus Dei, that opposes abortion in nearly all or all cases. UDI has for most of its history formed coalitions with National Renewal (RN) and other minor movements under different names such as; Participación y Progreso (1992), Unión por el Progreso de Chile (1993), Alliance for Chile (1999–2009, 2013), Coalition for Change (2009–2012) and Chile Vamos (2015–present). UDI was the largest political party in Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mercurio
(known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P. (''Sociedad Anónima Periodística'' 'joint stock news company'), which operates a network of 19 regional dailies and 32 radio stations across the country. History The Valparaíso edition of was founded by Pedro Félix Vicuña ( Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna's father) on September 12, 1827, and was later acquired by Agustín Edwards Ross in 1880. The Santiago edition was founded by Agustín Edwards Mac Clure, son of Edwards Ross, on June 1, 1900. In 1942 Edwards Mac Clure died and his son Agustín Edwards Budge took over as president. When Edwards Budge died in 1956, his son, Agustín Edwards Eastman, took control of the company. Edwards Eastman died in 2017, leaving the company in hands of his son Cristián Edwards del Río. El Mercurio SAP owns the Chilean afternoon daily newspaper '' La Segunda'', which published news wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Correa
Raquel Teresa Correa (8 July 1934 – 10 September 2012) was a Chilean journalist who spent the main part of her career with the newspaper ''El Mercurio (known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P. (''Sociedad Anónima Periodística'' 'joint stock news company'), which operates a network of ...''. She was well known for her interviews and reporting, and was the recipient of Chile's National Prize for Journalism in 1991. ''ilovechile.cl,'' 11 September 2012 References 1934 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Nación (Chile)
''La Nación'' is a Chilean newspaper created in 1917 by Eliodoro Yáñez and presided until 1927 by Carlos Dávila. It was a private company until 1927, when it was expropriated by dictator Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, and since then has remained a state property. Currently it is owned by Empresa Periodística La Nación S.A., which in turn is 69% owned by the State of Chile. Is published by the SA La Nacion newspaper company that also publishes the Official Journal of the Republic of Chile. Company revenues come primarily from sales of the Official Journal and the printing division of the company, and currently the market share of the newspaper (except ''La Nación Domingo'', the Sunday edition) is marginal, due to its low circulation. Foundation and expropriation The newspaper La Nacion was created in 1917 as a way to deliver information and compete with other newspapers of Santiago (El Mercurio, Las Ultimas Noticias, El Diario Ilustrado, among others). According to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
