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In Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index Chile was ranked number 29 among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked number 1 is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [1] It was ranked 5th among the countries of the Americas, behind Canada, Uruguay, Barbados and the United States. [2]
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 )
On 11 September 1973 a military junta toppled President Salvador Allende in a coup d'état and installed General Augusto Pinochet as head of the new regime. [4] [5] This was a dictatorial, authoritarian regime which trampled on human rights with the use of torture, disappearances, illegal and secret arrest, and extrajudicial killings.
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 ...
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.
Keanu Reeves’ stolen watches have been found in Chile after allegedly being taken from his Los Angeles home in late 2023. According to a CNN report, police in Chile located three watches ...
Milicogate is a corruption scandal that implicates Chilean Army officers and funds. This scheme involves fraud and the misappropriation of public funds designated by the Secret Copper Law . The scandal was brought to light in 2015 through a story published by journalist Mauricio Weibel in The Clinic . [ 1 ]
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 ...