Sebastían Piñera

June 3, 2021
Manuela Badilla Rajevic

The historic uprising against inequality reclaimed past struggles and forged new tools for present resistance.

May 12, 2021
Jennifer M. Piscopo

The rules for rewriting the Pinochet-era Constitution set new standards in creating space for women, Indigenous peoples, and people with disabilities.

October 25, 2020
Terri Gordon-Zolov

As Chileans vote in a plebiscite to decide whether to adopt a new Constitution, authorities have cracked down on the artistic expression that blossomed during the anti-neoliberal protest movement.

June 3, 2020
Ángela Vergara

Governmental failures to respond to Covid-19 only reinforce the demands of social movements in Chile. 

February 24, 2020
J. Patrice McSherry

Will the people of Chile be able to shape their own destiny via a plebiscite? Two months before the scheduled vote, the answer remains uncertain.

November 19, 2019
Heidi Tinsman

En Chile, el debate sobre el significado de la democracia no solo va a continuar, sino que también va a abrir oportunidades para cambios significativos.

October 31, 2019
Noam Titelman

Chile's new generations have become politicized in fragmented protests, marked by cathartic moments of social explosion and the collapse of some pillars that were supposed to be unmovable. The protests sparked by metro fare hikes are the latest chapter exploring the limits of what's possible. 

April 17, 2018
J. Patrice McSherry

How Sebastián Piñera’s right-wing government is undermining democratic institutions 

January 19, 2018
Manuel Larrabure and Fernando Leiva

Building on the student-led mass protests of 2006 and 2011, a newly forming leftist coalition in Chile is well-positioned to challenge Sebastián Piñera’s incoming right-wing administration. 

December 22, 2017
Marianne González Le Saux

Rightwing businessman Sebastián Piñera will be president in Chile, again. But a new Left movement could bring hope for the country’s political dynamic. 

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