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The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Spanish: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social) is a government ministry in Chile.It was established during the government of President Jorge Alessandri through decree with the force of law No. 25, published in the Official Gazette on October 29, 1959, along with the Ministry of Public Health (Minsal).
According to Chilean law, a single municipality may administer one or more communes, though currently, the only such case is the municipality of Cabo de Hornos, which administers the communes of Antártica and Cabo de Hornos. [1] Chile's 346 communes are grouped into 56 provinces (provincia, pl. provincias), which are themselves grouped into 16 ...
Racism in Chile encompasses any type of racial or ethnic discrimination by a group of inhabitants or organizations of that country against groups from other nations or the same nation. The origins of Chilean racism, and that of other Latin American nations, can be traced back to 16th century colonialism under the rule of the Spanish Empire .
The current Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile, approved by Chilean voters in a tightly controlled plebiscite on September 11, 1980, under Augusto Pinochet, and made effective on March 11, 1981, has been amended in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005.
As a commune, Santiago is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by a mayor who is directly elected every four years. For the 2024-2028 term, the mayor is Mario Desbordes Jiménez ( RN ), and the communal council has the following members: [ 8 ]
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.
Este plebiscito no es el fin. Es el comienzo de un camino que juntos deberemos recorrer para acordar una Nueva Constitución para Chile (...) Hasta ahora la Constitución nos ha dividido. A partir de hoy, todos debemos colaborar para que la Nueva Constitución sea el gran marco de unidad, de estabilidad y de futuro. "This plebiscite is not the end.
social outburst), [13] [14] originated in Santiago and took place in all regions of Chile, with a greater impact in the regional capitals. The protests mainly occurred between October 2019 and March 2020, in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro 's subway fare, a probity crisis, [ A ] cost of living , university graduate unemployment, [ B ...