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The right-wing opposition (the Alliance for Chile) likened the Chiledeportes and Publicam cases to previous corruption scandals that took place during the administration of Ricardo Lagos. Former presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera (which later also was found linked to Publicam [ 9 ] ) said the scandals proved the government had few qualms ...
The company is currently under indictment and investigation for diverting funds to different politicians in Chile. The SQM Case is closely related to the Penta Case , since defendants from both cases overlap and it is the same type of crime.
Pinocheques A corruption scandal involving the eldest son of Augusto Pinochet. Killing of Senator Jaime Guzmán in 1991 Operation Silence (1991) DINE (successor to DINA) assists several military and DINA officers wanted for human rights abuse to escape from Chile (including Eugenio Berrios , Arturo Sanhueza Ross , Carlos Herrera Jiménez )
The case exposed widespread corruption within the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) in Chile, involving the embezzlement of funds and irregularities in the awarding of contracts. The investigation revealed that contractors had received approximately 1,250 million Chilean pesos (equivalent to approximately 415,000 USD at the time) from the MOP for ...
Fujimori arrived at a time of tense relations between Chile and Peru, after Peru's Congress passed a law the previous week in an attempt to reclaim sea territory from Chile. Chilean foreign minister, Ignacio Walker , said Fujimori's action demonstrated "a very imprudent, very irresponsible attitude, considering this is the most difficult week ...
These funds were then directed to the political campaigns of mainly UDI (far right wing) politicians as campaign contributions. Several Penta employees, as some of their family members, have been convicted [1] of tax evasion, bribery, and money laundering. Both directors of Penta Bank, Carlos Alberto Délano and Carlos Eugenio Lavín, were ...
VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) -The death toll from wildfires raging across central Chile hit 122 on Monday as helicopters dumped tons of water on blazes and emergency crews told Reuters they were ...
On 30 May the headquarters of the right-wing parties National Renewal and Independent Democratic Union were attacked and the Memorial to Jaime Guzmán was vandalized with graffiti. [ 189 ] On 30 July, new Friday afternoon protests demanding the liberation of the " prisoners of the revolt " ended up with riots and vandalism at Barrio Lastarria ...