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SYND 6-3-73 CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS STAGE RALLY
(4 Mar 1973) The Christian Democrat Party in Chile stages a campaign rally.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was told to provide a translation after speaking Spanish in support of statehood for Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico, acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War, is a commonwealth, or self-governing state, subject to the authority of Congress. Residents can vote in presidential primaries but not the general election. The island has a nonvoting member of Congress but no voting representatives or senators, as states have.
Puerto Rico has given its residents the opportunity to express their opinion on the island's governmental status, holding various nonbinding votes on its relationship to the United States. In a 2020 ballot measure that ask...
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Chilean Political Parties
A look at Chilean political parties
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Intro 0:00
Background and political system 0:51
Broad Front (Boric’s coalition) 4:24
Worthy Chile (communists, humanist action, libertarian left and green regionalists) 8:22
Socialist Party (PS) 10:36
“allies” of the socialists (PPD, liberals and Radicals) 13:39
Green Ecologist party (PEV) 16:49
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) 17:46
Democrats 21:00
Yellows for Chile 21:49
Safe Chile (UDI, RN and Evopoli) 22:33
Republican Party 26:06
Christian Social party (PSC) 28:37...
published: 25 Jan 2024
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AOC blasted House Republicans on Thursday for a resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a fellow progressive lawmaker, from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Looking Ahead: Presidential Politics and Chilean Democracy
Going into the election, it appears unlikely that any candidate will garner a majority of votes required to avoid a second round. Pre-election polls demonstrate that the two top vote-getters will be José Antonio Kast, who left the ultra-conservative Unión Demócrata Independiente party to form Chile’s Republican Party, and Gabriel Boric of the leftist coalition, Apruebo Dignidad. Kast moved into the lead, according to polls, after center-right candidate Sebastián Sichel underperformed in televised debates.
Chile’s presidential race between two candidates with radically different visions of the country’s future reflect a deeply polarized electorate, even as a new Constituent Assembly elected earlier this year goes about rewriting Chile’s magna carta.
published: 22 Nov 2021
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CHILE: MOVES TO CHANGE THE DIVORCE LAW
(6 Dec 1995) Spanish/Nat
Catholic Ireland has changed the law but Chile remains a stronghold of theological teaching - one of the last countries in the world where divorce is illegal.
However the country is anything but a bastion of the family - an arcane law from last century allows marriages to be annulled on a technicality, with no rights for children or partners. It also allows girls as young as 12 to be married.
Now some legislators are moving to change that, but the Church is vowing to fight to make sure the country remains divorce-free.
Coincidental or not - a group of Catholic and non-Catholic Chilean Congressmen presented a bill to make divorce legal just as Irish voters approved the legalisation of divorce in their Catholic country.
Although the majority of the pop...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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CHILE: PINOCHET'S FUTURE TO BE DECIDED
(20 Jan 2000) Spanish/Nat
Augusto Pinochet's political future, as well as that of his health and reputation, has yet to be decided in Chile, where he holds the title of Senator for Life.
Right-wing politicians are preparing to welcome him back in to the fold as an honorary member of their party for all they say he did for Chile.
But his adversaries view Pinochet's possible return to the Senate as a mockery.
Chile's seat of democratic power lies some 80 kilometres west of the capital Santiago, in the coastal city of Valparaiso.
It was here where the former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, was made Senator for Life and here he will return to, should he choose to resume his already long political career.
Colleagues of the right-wing Democratic and Independent Union Pa...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Why Bernie Sanders isn't challenging Biden
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CHILE: POLITICIANS START PETITIONING FOR REMOVAL OF PINOCHET
(13 Mar 1998) Spanish/Nat
Left-wing politicians in Chile have filed a petition with the country's Constitutional Court to eject General Augusto Pinochet from his new post of Senator-for-life.
And other legislators have said they plan to seek the impeachment of the man who ruled Chile as a dictator from 1973 to 1990.
The constitution - which was written by Pinochet's regime - grants former presidents a Senate seat for life.
Senators in Chile are braced to challenge General Augusto Pinochet's constitutional right to an unelected seat as Senator-for-life.
Pinochet was sworn in on Tuesday despite hostile protests both inside the Senate and in the streets outside.
Several politicians on Thursday started petitioning for his removal.
Next Monday, other legislators wi...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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SYND 6-3-73 CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS STAGE RALLY
(4 Mar 1973) The Christian Democrat Party in Chile stages a campaign rally.
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(4 Mar 1973) The Christian Democrat Party in Chile stages a campaign rally.
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez told to give translation after speaking Spanish in Congress | USA TODAY #Shorts
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was told to provide a translation after speaking Spanish in support of statehood for Puerto Rico.
RELATED: President Trump calls...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was told to provide a translation after speaking Spanish in support of statehood for Puerto Rico.
RELATED: President Trump calls AOC 'wack job' in series of tweets https://bit.ly/3V5mjnF
Puerto Rico, acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War, is a commonwealth, or self-governing state, subject to the authority of Congress. Residents can vote in presidential primaries but not the general election. The island has a nonvoting member of Congress but no voting representatives or senators, as states have.
Puerto Rico has given its residents the opportunity to express their opinion on the island's governmental status, holding various nonbinding votes on its relationship to the United States. In a 2020 ballot measure that asked a single question about statehood, 52.3% of voters said they favored Puerto Rico becoming a state. In three earlier nonbinding plebiscites between 1967 and 1998, a majority of Puerto Rican voters favored remaining as a commonwealth. Other residents favored outright independence.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was told to provide a translation after speaking Spanish in support of statehood for Puerto Rico.
RELATED: President Trump calls AOC 'wack job' in series of tweets https://bit.ly/3V5mjnF
Puerto Rico, acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War, is a commonwealth, or self-governing state, subject to the authority of Congress. Residents can vote in presidential primaries but not the general election. The island has a nonvoting member of Congress but no voting representatives or senators, as states have.
Puerto Rico has given its residents the opportunity to express their opinion on the island's governmental status, holding various nonbinding votes on its relationship to the United States. In a 2020 ballot measure that asked a single question about statehood, 52.3% of voters said they favored Puerto Rico becoming a state. In three earlier nonbinding plebiscites between 1967 and 1998, a majority of Puerto Rican voters favored remaining as a commonwealth. Other residents favored outright independence.
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- published: 16 Dec 2022
- views: 4783449
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Chilean Political Parties
A look at Chilean political parties
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A look at Chilean political parties
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Intro 0:00
Background and political system 0:51
Broad Front (Boric’s coalition) 4:24
Worthy Chile (communists, humanist action, libertarian left and green regionalists) 8:22
Socialist Party (PS) 10:36
“allies” of the socialists (PPD, liberals and Radicals) 13:39
Green Ecologist party (PEV) 16:49
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) 17:46
Democrats 21:00
Yellows for Chile 21:49
Safe Chile (UDI, RN and Evopoli) 22:33
Republican Party 26:06
Christian Social party (PSC) 28:37
Party of the People (PDG) 29:25
Humanist Party (PH) 30:40
Conclusion and Outro 31:43
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A look at Chilean political parties
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Intro 0:00
Background and political system 0:51
Broad Front (Boric’s coalition) 4:24
Worthy Chile (communists, humanist action, libertarian left and green regionalists) 8:22
Socialist Party (PS) 10:36
“allies” of the socialists (PPD, liberals and Radicals) 13:39
Green Ecologist party (PEV) 16:49
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) 17:46
Democrats 21:00
Yellows for Chile 21:49
Safe Chile (UDI, RN and Evopoli) 22:33
Republican Party 26:06
Christian Social party (PSC) 28:37
Party of the People (PDG) 29:25
Humanist Party (PH) 30:40
Conclusion and Outro 31:43
- published: 25 Jan 2024
- views: 383
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Watch #AOC blast #GOP vote to oust Ilhan Omar from committee
AOC blasted House Republicans on Thursday for a resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a fellow progressive lawmaker, from the Foreign Affairs Commi...
AOC blasted House Republicans on Thursday for a resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a fellow progressive lawmaker, from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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- published: 02 Feb 2023
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- published: 06 Feb 2024
- views: 184914
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Looking Ahead: Presidential Politics and Chilean Democracy
Going into the election, it appears unlikely that any candidate will garner a majority of votes required to avoid a second round. Pre-election polls demonstrat...
Going into the election, it appears unlikely that any candidate will garner a majority of votes required to avoid a second round. Pre-election polls demonstrate that the two top vote-getters will be José Antonio Kast, who left the ultra-conservative Unión Demócrata Independiente party to form Chile’s Republican Party, and Gabriel Boric of the leftist coalition, Apruebo Dignidad. Kast moved into the lead, according to polls, after center-right candidate Sebastián Sichel underperformed in televised debates.
Chile’s presidential race between two candidates with radically different visions of the country’s future reflect a deeply polarized electorate, even as a new Constituent Assembly elected earlier this year goes about rewriting Chile’s magna carta.
https://wn.com/Looking_Ahead_Presidential_Politics_And_Chilean_Democracy
Going into the election, it appears unlikely that any candidate will garner a majority of votes required to avoid a second round. Pre-election polls demonstrate that the two top vote-getters will be José Antonio Kast, who left the ultra-conservative Unión Demócrata Independiente party to form Chile’s Republican Party, and Gabriel Boric of the leftist coalition, Apruebo Dignidad. Kast moved into the lead, according to polls, after center-right candidate Sebastián Sichel underperformed in televised debates.
Chile’s presidential race between two candidates with radically different visions of the country’s future reflect a deeply polarized electorate, even as a new Constituent Assembly elected earlier this year goes about rewriting Chile’s magna carta.
- published: 22 Nov 2021
- views: 782
2:12
CHILE: MOVES TO CHANGE THE DIVORCE LAW
(6 Dec 1995) Spanish/Nat
Catholic Ireland has changed the law but Chile remains a stronghold of theological teaching - one of the last countries in the world...
(6 Dec 1995) Spanish/Nat
Catholic Ireland has changed the law but Chile remains a stronghold of theological teaching - one of the last countries in the world where divorce is illegal.
However the country is anything but a bastion of the family - an arcane law from last century allows marriages to be annulled on a technicality, with no rights for children or partners. It also allows girls as young as 12 to be married.
Now some legislators are moving to change that, but the Church is vowing to fight to make sure the country remains divorce-free.
Coincidental or not - a group of Catholic and non-Catholic Chilean Congressmen presented a bill to make divorce legal just as Irish voters approved the legalisation of divorce in their Catholic country.
Although the majority of the population says they're in favour of a divorce law, legislators proposing a new divorce bill may find some insurmountable obstacles.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
"A divorce law that facilitates, promotes or generates no difficulties to break the marriage tie, seems contrary to the stability required by the family, and from that perspective we are opposed to the legislative proposal."
SUPER CAPTION: Andres Chadwick, Congressman
Currently, couples whose marriages don't work can separate through what everybody admits is a fraud.
In Chile couples wishing to tie the knot must make sure that they get married in the office prescribed by law.
In order to obtain a legal separation they can claim before a court that the office where their wedding took place was not the one corresponding to the home address of either of them.
All they need is two witnesses to confirm that, and a judge will pronounce their marriage void, as if it had never taken place.
Critics say this kind of separation leaves the children totally unprotected.
The Catholic Church agrees there should be an end to the fraud but it sees a different way to do that.
The Secretary General of the Bishops Conference says that lack of marriage preparation and education are at the root of the problem - he suggests it's useless to address effects while not addressing the causes.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
"I think there is an error in the parliamentarians' proposal which bases their project on the assumption that it's OK for the Church to allow marriage to be indissoluble, but the Church should not meddle in the matters of the state. The Church is not meddling in state affairs. It is involved in something that pertains to natural law, that is superior to all state law, and that is not only in the ecclesiastic scope, but in the scope of human beings."
SUPER CAPTION: Monsignor Javier Prado, Secretary General of the Bishops Conference
Monsignor Prado says the bill is like one evil correcting another. He suggests marriage officers should have authority to officiate throughout the country.
Legislators proposing the law say it's not a "divorce" law, but a "marriage law" which substitutes the current law which was enacted in the 1800's.
In addition to protection for the children of broken marriages, the law would also raise the marriage age to 16.
The 1884 law allows 12- year-old girls and 14-year-old boys to marry.
Proponents of the new law envision a bill that would protect members of the broken family- especially the children.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
SUPER CAPTION: Ignacio Walker, Deputy, Christian Democratic Party-PDC
Prospects for the bill are uncertain.
The Church agrees.
And Monsignor Prado says he doesn't know what the Chamber of Deputies will do, but is sure the Senate won't approve it.
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(6 Dec 1995) Spanish/Nat
Catholic Ireland has changed the law but Chile remains a stronghold of theological teaching - one of the last countries in the world where divorce is illegal.
However the country is anything but a bastion of the family - an arcane law from last century allows marriages to be annulled on a technicality, with no rights for children or partners. It also allows girls as young as 12 to be married.
Now some legislators are moving to change that, but the Church is vowing to fight to make sure the country remains divorce-free.
Coincidental or not - a group of Catholic and non-Catholic Chilean Congressmen presented a bill to make divorce legal just as Irish voters approved the legalisation of divorce in their Catholic country.
Although the majority of the population says they're in favour of a divorce law, legislators proposing a new divorce bill may find some insurmountable obstacles.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
"A divorce law that facilitates, promotes or generates no difficulties to break the marriage tie, seems contrary to the stability required by the family, and from that perspective we are opposed to the legislative proposal."
SUPER CAPTION: Andres Chadwick, Congressman
Currently, couples whose marriages don't work can separate through what everybody admits is a fraud.
In Chile couples wishing to tie the knot must make sure that they get married in the office prescribed by law.
In order to obtain a legal separation they can claim before a court that the office where their wedding took place was not the one corresponding to the home address of either of them.
All they need is two witnesses to confirm that, and a judge will pronounce their marriage void, as if it had never taken place.
Critics say this kind of separation leaves the children totally unprotected.
The Catholic Church agrees there should be an end to the fraud but it sees a different way to do that.
The Secretary General of the Bishops Conference says that lack of marriage preparation and education are at the root of the problem - he suggests it's useless to address effects while not addressing the causes.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
"I think there is an error in the parliamentarians' proposal which bases their project on the assumption that it's OK for the Church to allow marriage to be indissoluble, but the Church should not meddle in the matters of the state. The Church is not meddling in state affairs. It is involved in something that pertains to natural law, that is superior to all state law, and that is not only in the ecclesiastic scope, but in the scope of human beings."
SUPER CAPTION: Monsignor Javier Prado, Secretary General of the Bishops Conference
Monsignor Prado says the bill is like one evil correcting another. He suggests marriage officers should have authority to officiate throughout the country.
Legislators proposing the law say it's not a "divorce" law, but a "marriage law" which substitutes the current law which was enacted in the 1800's.
In addition to protection for the children of broken marriages, the law would also raise the marriage age to 16.
The 1884 law allows 12- year-old girls and 14-year-old boys to marry.
Proponents of the new law envision a bill that would protect members of the broken family- especially the children.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
SUPER CAPTION: Ignacio Walker, Deputy, Christian Democratic Party-PDC
Prospects for the bill are uncertain.
The Church agrees.
And Monsignor Prado says he doesn't know what the Chamber of Deputies will do, but is sure the Senate won't approve it.
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CHILE: PINOCHET'S FUTURE TO BE DECIDED
(20 Jan 2000) Spanish/Nat
Augusto Pinochet's political future, as well as that of his health and reputation, has yet to be decided in Chile, where he holds t...
(20 Jan 2000) Spanish/Nat
Augusto Pinochet's political future, as well as that of his health and reputation, has yet to be decided in Chile, where he holds the title of Senator for Life.
Right-wing politicians are preparing to welcome him back in to the fold as an honorary member of their party for all they say he did for Chile.
But his adversaries view Pinochet's possible return to the Senate as a mockery.
Chile's seat of democratic power lies some 80 kilometres west of the capital Santiago, in the coastal city of Valparaiso.
It was here where the former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, was made Senator for Life and here he will return to, should he choose to resume his already long political career.
Colleagues of the right-wing Democratic and Independent Union Party (U-P-I) are eager to prepare their welcome.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"We will welcome with joy and satisfaction the fact that this whole affair is over or that the unjust and unagreeable nature of it is over for this country."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Victor Perez, Democratic and Independent Union
The U-P-I see Pinochet's position as an honorary one for all he has done.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"But, today, the General Pinochet does not constitute a political leader in the traditional meaning of the word. Therefore he doesn't have a role in Chilean politics. He does not have a political force, he has a moral force and a force based on gratitude and recognition of the person to whom we are indebted. And we share with him what was the government of the armed forces."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Victor Perez, Democratic and Independent Union
It remains to be seen whether Pinochet is both fit enough and willing to resume his seat, and the limelight that goes with it.
He has been through a lot in past months, since his arrest in London.
Some politicians are totally against it.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"I don't foresee Pinochet returning to the Senate. If that turns out to be the case, it will be a mockery of the Chilean dignity."
SUPER CAPTION: Deputy Juan Pablo Letelier (son of Orlando - Salvador Allende's Ambassador to the United States who was assassinated)
The former dictator's reputation as a man of steel has not thwarted political satire in Chile, where he often figures as an amusing character in national newspaper cartoons.
Cartoonists are grateful for the material provided by Pinochet's case in England.
Still, Chileans do not underestimate the weight of authority that their former leader continues to wield.
Rocha, the cartoonist for centrist newspaper La Tercera, still takes care not to offend either the right- or the left-wing sensibilities.
Particularly as Pinochet's possible return is likely to provoke great controversy.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"The problems of human rights, for which everyone rightfully has an opinion, and all that aside, he is charismatic as a person. As an object for my work, seeing him as an object, helps my work. I mean, you can take Pinochet and put him in a situation, as I am going to do for tomorrow or as I have done in other occasions, which helps."
SUPER CAPTION: Rocha, Cartoonist
Thousands clamoured on Sunday for a Pinochet trial as they celebrated socialist Ricardo Lagos's presidential win.
The theme of human rights remains a serious one, but Pinochet now has a firm place in the halls of political satire.
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(20 Jan 2000) Spanish/Nat
Augusto Pinochet's political future, as well as that of his health and reputation, has yet to be decided in Chile, where he holds the title of Senator for Life.
Right-wing politicians are preparing to welcome him back in to the fold as an honorary member of their party for all they say he did for Chile.
But his adversaries view Pinochet's possible return to the Senate as a mockery.
Chile's seat of democratic power lies some 80 kilometres west of the capital Santiago, in the coastal city of Valparaiso.
It was here where the former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, was made Senator for Life and here he will return to, should he choose to resume his already long political career.
Colleagues of the right-wing Democratic and Independent Union Party (U-P-I) are eager to prepare their welcome.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"We will welcome with joy and satisfaction the fact that this whole affair is over or that the unjust and unagreeable nature of it is over for this country."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Victor Perez, Democratic and Independent Union
The U-P-I see Pinochet's position as an honorary one for all he has done.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"But, today, the General Pinochet does not constitute a political leader in the traditional meaning of the word. Therefore he doesn't have a role in Chilean politics. He does not have a political force, he has a moral force and a force based on gratitude and recognition of the person to whom we are indebted. And we share with him what was the government of the armed forces."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Victor Perez, Democratic and Independent Union
It remains to be seen whether Pinochet is both fit enough and willing to resume his seat, and the limelight that goes with it.
He has been through a lot in past months, since his arrest in London.
Some politicians are totally against it.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"I don't foresee Pinochet returning to the Senate. If that turns out to be the case, it will be a mockery of the Chilean dignity."
SUPER CAPTION: Deputy Juan Pablo Letelier (son of Orlando - Salvador Allende's Ambassador to the United States who was assassinated)
The former dictator's reputation as a man of steel has not thwarted political satire in Chile, where he often figures as an amusing character in national newspaper cartoons.
Cartoonists are grateful for the material provided by Pinochet's case in England.
Still, Chileans do not underestimate the weight of authority that their former leader continues to wield.
Rocha, the cartoonist for centrist newspaper La Tercera, still takes care not to offend either the right- or the left-wing sensibilities.
Particularly as Pinochet's possible return is likely to provoke great controversy.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"The problems of human rights, for which everyone rightfully has an opinion, and all that aside, he is charismatic as a person. As an object for my work, seeing him as an object, helps my work. I mean, you can take Pinochet and put him in a situation, as I am going to do for tomorrow or as I have done in other occasions, which helps."
SUPER CAPTION: Rocha, Cartoonist
Thousands clamoured on Sunday for a Pinochet trial as they celebrated socialist Ricardo Lagos's presidential win.
The theme of human rights remains a serious one, but Pinochet now has a firm place in the halls of political satire.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Why Bernie Sanders isn't challenging Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) explains why he thinks Democrats aren’t challenging Biden in the primary.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) explains why he thinks Democrats aren’t challenging Biden in the primary.
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CHILE: POLITICIANS START PETITIONING FOR REMOVAL OF PINOCHET
(13 Mar 1998) Spanish/Nat
Left-wing politicians in Chile have filed a petition with the country's Constitutional Court to eject General Augusto Pinochet from...
(13 Mar 1998) Spanish/Nat
Left-wing politicians in Chile have filed a petition with the country's Constitutional Court to eject General Augusto Pinochet from his new post of Senator-for-life.
And other legislators have said they plan to seek the impeachment of the man who ruled Chile as a dictator from 1973 to 1990.
The constitution - which was written by Pinochet's regime - grants former presidents a Senate seat for life.
Senators in Chile are braced to challenge General Augusto Pinochet's constitutional right to an unelected seat as Senator-for-life.
Pinochet was sworn in on Tuesday despite hostile protests both inside the Senate and in the streets outside.
Several politicians on Thursday started petitioning for his removal.
Next Monday, other legislators will open impeachment proceedings against Pinochet.
They will accuse him of "seriously damaging the honour of the nation" by allegedly allowing human rights violations during his dictatorship.
Official sources say more than 3,000 people were killed for political reasons during Pinochet's rule.
Thousands more fled into exile.
But few senators opposed to Pinochet hold out hope of success.
The Senate still has a right wing majority unlikely to oppose Pinochet's new position.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"To accuse General Pinochet on constitutional grounds will have no effect. With the results of the national senate the whole country knows that the bid is already lost. It is useless. and to carry out these kind of tribunals - there are better ways. But, if someone wants to do it the majority of Christian Democrats will allow the parliamentarians to go ahead with this but it makes no sense."
SUPER CAPTION: Rafael Moreno, Secretary General of Christian Democrat Party
But many politicians still support the basic right to pursue charges against Pinochet.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"A parent or relative of that person (killed during dictatorship) has the right to know where their brother is buried and this one truth the country has been in uproar about these days. But, following various conversations I have had, what is more important than the demonstrations is that Augusto Pinochet, 82, waits his turn in line to vote."
SUPER CAPTION: Rafael Moreno, Secretary General of Christian Democrat Party
The Christian Democrat Party is part of the ruling coalition led by President Eduardo Frei.
Frei himself has said there was little he could do to block Pinochet's path into the Senate.
But hopes remain that the days of militarised control in Chile have ended.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"For me, as a senator, and for many of us, we want to establish that the armed forces submit to democratic power and therefore we want to construct a new dialogue in a reasonable form and do away with fear."
SUPER CAPTION: Rafael Moreno, Secretary General of Christian Democrat Party
A seven-member Tribunal Court has the power to unseat Pinochet when the constitutional challenge goes ahead.
But at least four of the Court members are considered sympathetic to Pinochet and his new office.
Pinochet arrived at the post unelected and appears set to stay.
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https://wn.com/Chile_Politicians_Start_Petitioning_For_Removal_Of_Pinochet
(13 Mar 1998) Spanish/Nat
Left-wing politicians in Chile have filed a petition with the country's Constitutional Court to eject General Augusto Pinochet from his new post of Senator-for-life.
And other legislators have said they plan to seek the impeachment of the man who ruled Chile as a dictator from 1973 to 1990.
The constitution - which was written by Pinochet's regime - grants former presidents a Senate seat for life.
Senators in Chile are braced to challenge General Augusto Pinochet's constitutional right to an unelected seat as Senator-for-life.
Pinochet was sworn in on Tuesday despite hostile protests both inside the Senate and in the streets outside.
Several politicians on Thursday started petitioning for his removal.
Next Monday, other legislators will open impeachment proceedings against Pinochet.
They will accuse him of "seriously damaging the honour of the nation" by allegedly allowing human rights violations during his dictatorship.
Official sources say more than 3,000 people were killed for political reasons during Pinochet's rule.
Thousands more fled into exile.
But few senators opposed to Pinochet hold out hope of success.
The Senate still has a right wing majority unlikely to oppose Pinochet's new position.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"To accuse General Pinochet on constitutional grounds will have no effect. With the results of the national senate the whole country knows that the bid is already lost. It is useless. and to carry out these kind of tribunals - there are better ways. But, if someone wants to do it the majority of Christian Democrats will allow the parliamentarians to go ahead with this but it makes no sense."
SUPER CAPTION: Rafael Moreno, Secretary General of Christian Democrat Party
But many politicians still support the basic right to pursue charges against Pinochet.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"A parent or relative of that person (killed during dictatorship) has the right to know where their brother is buried and this one truth the country has been in uproar about these days. But, following various conversations I have had, what is more important than the demonstrations is that Augusto Pinochet, 82, waits his turn in line to vote."
SUPER CAPTION: Rafael Moreno, Secretary General of Christian Democrat Party
The Christian Democrat Party is part of the ruling coalition led by President Eduardo Frei.
Frei himself has said there was little he could do to block Pinochet's path into the Senate.
But hopes remain that the days of militarised control in Chile have ended.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
"For me, as a senator, and for many of us, we want to establish that the armed forces submit to democratic power and therefore we want to construct a new dialogue in a reasonable form and do away with fear."
SUPER CAPTION: Rafael Moreno, Secretary General of Christian Democrat Party
A seven-member Tribunal Court has the power to unseat Pinochet when the constitutional challenge goes ahead.
But at least four of the Court members are considered sympathetic to Pinochet and his new office.
Pinochet arrived at the post unelected and appears set to stay.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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