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The crisis deepened when Edgardo Boeninger, a Christian Democrat and former minister secretary general of the presidency, said in an interview with influential Chilean newspaper El Mercurio that "since the beginning of the Concertación it was thought that, since the private sector's money favored the right-wing parties, it would not be ...
Chile launched a preliminary investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday in a blow to his leftwing administration that is grappling with a separate ...
Watches affair (1953) – a corruption scandal that ended the political career of María De la Cruz, the first Chilean woman senator; Línea Recta affair In February 1955 president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo met a group of army officers in order to prepare dictatorial powers to the president.
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 ...
Spitzer said the Chilean government has refused to abide by a requirement to provide the U.S. with the criminal history of Chilean citizens who use a visa program called Electronic System for ...
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]
Clive Foss, in The Tyrants: 2500 years of Absolute Power and Corruption, estimates that 1,500 Chileans were killed or disappeared during the Pinochet regime. Nearly 700 civilians disappeared during the period between 1974 and 1977 after being detained by the Chilean military and police. [11]
In Chile, a small number of industrial fishing companies possess the largest quotas for fishing specific species such as Merluccius australis, Chilean jack mackerel, and anchovies. [1] The Corpesca case specifically investigates the payments made to manipulate the decision-making process when allocating quotas under the Longueira Law.