Sebastian Pinera

Chilean Students March For Education Reforms

AP | EVA VERGARA and FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 04.25.2012

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SANTIAGO, Chile — President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday a tax overhaul he is sending to congress will raise $700 million that will be enough...

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Chile Rising: Inside The Student Protests

Posted 01.04.2012

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For the past eight months, riot police have broken up massive student protests across Chile using water cannons and tear gas. The students are dema...

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Student Protesters And Government Break Off Talks

AP | EVA VERGARA | Posted 12.06.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Leaders of Chile's striking students broke off negotiations with the government Wednesday complaining of official intransigenc...

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A Broader Coalition For Chile's Center-Left?

AP | By FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 12.05.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's coalition of four center-left parties, displaced after 20 years in power by the right-wing alliance led by President Sebast...

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Chilean Students Resume Protests Pushing Education Reforms

AP | Posted 11.22.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched in Chile's capital, resuming street protests to demand that the government increase...

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Chile's First Lady To Rescued Miners: Government Won't Abandon You

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's first lady on Wednesday reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won't abandon them, a day after she announced e...

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16-Year Old Dies During Protests In Chile

AP | By FEDERICO QUILODRAN | Posted 10.26.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- After three months of mass protests that provoked a sharp drop in his popularity, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera agreed Friday ...

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The Chilean Miners, One Year After: Bitter Sweet Memories

Paula Escobar Chavarría | Posted 10.10.2011

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A year ago, we were really united, and the president was very popular. Now, we are facing an intense movement of students fighting for better and less expensive education.

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WATCH: Batman And Wonder Woman Dance For Chilean Education Reform

Posted 09.18.2011

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Wonder Woman, Batman and Super Mario dancing in Santiago? Dressed up as superheros, hundreds of Chilean students hit the streets of Santiago in a ...

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WATCH: Czech President Caught Stealing Pen In Chile

Posted 06.12.2011

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Could Czech President Václav Klaus be a kleptomaniac? That's the question on a lot of minds after Klaus met up with Chilean President Sebastian Pi...

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Chilean President Calls First Lady Michelle Obama 'Very Good-Looking'

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's president Sebastian Pinera engaged in some very personal diplomacy with President Barack Obama on Monday. "I think the f...

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Obama's Split-Screen Leadership Abroad

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Nowhere have President Barack Obama's foreign policy approaches been in starker relief than during his unfolding travels in South Am...

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Chilean President Apologizes For Using Nazi Slogan In German Guest Book

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's president is apologizing for writing a slogan associated with Nazi Germany in a government guest book during a visit t...

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Chile Mine Rescue To Begin Late Tuesday

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The first of 33 men was rescued Tuesday night after 69 days trapped in a collapsed mine, pulled to fresh air and freedom ...

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Why Can't We Learn from the Chileans--and the American Engineers who Helped Rescue the Miners?

James Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why can't we emulate the selfless, collaborative spirit of all those American engineers who worked with the Chileans and gave the very best of their efforts and expertise to save the lives of 33 miners?

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The Chilean Miners: Inspiration not Politics

Courtney Cachet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before we talk about spouses and mistresses, book deals, TV appearances and the political impact, let's just take a moment to allow these men be an inspiration, a symbol of hope and of patriotism to the world.

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Comparing the Chilean Miners' Rescue to the BP Oil Spill

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Watching the miraculous rescue of the Chilean miners, though, I was struck by the similarity with the efforts to cap BP's runaway Macondo well in the...

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A Major Miner Interruption

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm angry. It's OK to be angry. In New York, there's a lot to be angry about, so why shouldn't I be angry? I say what's on my mind. If I offended anybody, I apologize. So here's my question: Why am I losing by 20 points?

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How a Government Takeover Saved 33 Lives

James Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The private company that sent those men down thousands of feet to dig for copper and gold could not possibly have funded and organized the rescue operation. So it was taken over by the government of Chile.

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Chile is More Than 33 Miners -- The February 2010 Quake & Tsunami

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Americans want to express their joy and admiration for Chile's heroic mine rescue, they can revisit Chile's current need for assistance to hundreds of thousands of quake and tsunami victims.

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Chile Miners May Be Removed Next Week As Escape Shaft Nears Completion

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Drillers neared the lower reaches of a gold and copper mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, prep...

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The Earthquake in the Mirror

Ariel Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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I speak to my sister-in-law in Santiago and she suddenly interrupts our conversation, telling me she has to hang up, está temblando, está temblando, it's trembling, again and again.

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Chile's Presidential Election and Future of South American Left

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's easy to romanticize South America as being in the throes of dramatic political upheaval. The reality is that social movements, with the exception of Bolivia, are not powerful enough to change the fundamental structures of society.

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Conservative Billionaire Sebastian Pinera Favored In Chile Presidential Run-Off

Reuters | Simon Gardner and Alonso Soto | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) -- Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera led Chile's presidential vote and is seen the favorite to win a run-off and lead a pol...

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