It is January in Santiago de Chile. Well actually, now it’s February. It is hot, sunny, and the city has emptied out. It’s the time Chileans take nice, long vacations, customarily to…
Category: Analysis and Opinion
Right Turn in Chile; Here We Go Again
Chileans have decided, again, to take a right turn. This post was started awhile ago. The intention was to explain the first round of presidential voting in Chile, and offer my predictions…
Septiembre En Chile
Los chilenos suelen comentar que si logran superar agosto, el mes más crudo del invierno, la vida empezará a mejorar; podrán empezar a calentarse día a día, con la vista puesta…
Chile’s September
Chileans often remark that if they can get through August, their harshest winter month, life will begin to get better; they can begin to warm up, day-by-day, with a look way…
Off to Chile again; Great Expectations
Every year, from April to December, we roost in our home near Leesburg, Virginia, and get our news about Chile from on-line media, texts with friends, podcasts, and phone conversations with family….
Fires in Chile; Again
Fire season 2024 in Chile, and once again we were there to experience the tragic chain of events. Just before we arrived in Chile, in early January 2024, forestry experts from CONAF,…
Chile, After All
Yes, when I closed my last post on the failed process to write a new constitution in Chile, I thought I would not return to that topic for quite a while. So,…
She Prefers Bad to Terrible
“I prefer a bad constitution to a terrible one!” This was ex-president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, explaining her vote on Sunday to reject the latest proposal for a new constitution for her…
Will Chileans Agree on a New Constitution?
Today, It still seems possible that Chileans, after a four-year struggle to rewrite Chile’s Magna Carta, may be unable to agree on a new constitution to replace the one they refer to…
Chile’s New Constitution; Last Chance?
Early this year, January 2023, as Chileans began their summer vacations and closed down most political activities, the main issue at hand was the writing of a new constitution for the country….