If there is one thing Republicans want you to know, it’s how much they bleed red, white and blue for America. there is nothing so intrinsically plausible as the theory of original sin.” Émile Faguet, a French author and critic, called Maistre “a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist, apostle of a monstrous trinity composed of pope, king …
Chileans reject proposed progressive constitution that would have replaced the charter dating back to the Pinochet era. Chile has voted resoundingly to reject a proposed new constitution that President Gabriel Boric argued would have ushered in a new progressive era, in a result that far exceeded the expectations of the conservative opposition. The approval camp conceded defeat, with its spokesman …
A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. With 56 per cent of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker José Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully to scare voters that his young, inexperienced opponent would …
A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile’s next President on December 19 after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. In a model of democratic civility that broke from the polarizing rhetoric of the campaign, Mr. Kast immediately conceded defeat, tweeting a photo of himself on the phone congratulating his …
Last year, when Chile was shaken by mass protests, the conservative President, Sebastián Piñera, agreed to hold a referendum on rewriting the country’s Constitution, introduced during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, in a bid for calm. On Sunday, 78% of Chileans voted in favour of replacing the charter, which the protesters say was the main hurdle in introducing social …
