Joel Olmos, the current mayor of La Cisterna and a member of Acción Humanista, launched his pre-candidacy for re-election to the municipal council at the
Chile s Lower House Tuesday passed a resolution striping late dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte from the title of president by 67 votes against 47 and 8 abstentions, it was reported in Santiago. The initiative should not pass to the Senate as it is a draft statement that also defines Pinochet as a military and political figure and his government (1973-1990) as an authoritarian regime.
A bill passed Monday by Chile s Lower House using the expression menstruating person to refer to biologically female individuals regardless of their own gender perception has sparked controversy nationwide and across the region on social media, it was reported.