Chile

With more than ten points of difference, “Against” has  defeated “For” in the new Constitutional Plebiscite. The former won with 55.76% of the votes against 44.24% for the latter. With this vote, a constitutional cycle opened on November 15, 2019 with the Agreement for Peace, which proposed as a way out of the social crisis […]

By María Rivera and Otávio Calegari, MIT Chile On October 22, 1970, a little more than a month after Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile, then commander in chief of the army, René Schneider, was assassinated by a group of right-wing extremists and military officers who wanted to prevent Allende from assuming the presidency. […]

A few days ago, the Constitutional Council approved the new constitution with the votes in favor coming from the right-wing parties. This proposal will be submitted to the people on December 17, when the population will have to vote “for,” “against,” or abstention/null. by the MIT Executive Committee Those of us at MIT (International Workers’ […]

By Cristóbal Badilla, Historian and Professor of History In this article, I want to make a brief historical review of the theft of our natural resources, especially in the mining sector (saltpeter, copper, lithium), because they have been the main source of plunder by international imperialism and the national bourgeoisie. My aim is to trace […]

Last Sunday’s election day was very important, despite the majority of people’s lack of enthusiasm about the vote. Its results reflect, in part, the reality of the country, but they should not surprise us either. For the thousands of workers, young people, and activists who are worried about the growth of the far right, the […]

The cycle of electoral victories of so-called progressive parties, which had already brought Gabriel Boric (Chile) and Gustavo Petro (Colombia) to national governments, is now confirmed with the election of Lula (Brazil), the last of the 2022 crop. By: Ricardo Ayala – PSTU (Brazil) Thus, the largest economy in Latin America is added to Mexico, […]

The 49th anniversary of the 1973 civil-military coup reactivates a pending debate on the most complex period of our recent history. By Paz Ibarra / MIT – CHILE It has two faces. One, the rich experience of organisation of the Chilean workers’, popular and peasant movement accumulated in the previous decades and which made Allende’s […]

With more than 13 million voters, the “Rechazo” (rejection) won the majority in the Plebiscite on the New Constitution. The “Rechazo” votes totaled more than 7.8 million (61.86%) and the Approval reached 4.8 million (38.1%). There were just over 200,000 invalid votes. By MIT-Chile Rejection won in all regions of the country. In Greater Santiago […]

The Exit (Constitutional) Referendum will take place on the 4th of September. In the last weeks, social networks, radios and TV channels have been flooded with information about the articles of the New Constitution. By MIT (International Workers’ Movement) – Chile Those who defend the Rejection of the New Constitution have spread a lot of […]

One of the most important points of any constitution is the right to property. By MIT-Chile This right refers to the ownership of a house, a small business or a car, but also to the ownership of buildings, mines, factories, harbours, banks, companies, supermarket chains, large estates, etc. This second aspect is the most important […]

On this occasion, I will make the first assessment of my participation in the Constitutional Convention. By María Rivera, MIT leader and former constituent for District 8. First of all, we must remember that 27 members elected of the List of the People, plus the ones of the People’s Voice, totalling 34 Convention members, signed […]

Leaders of the political parties of the 30 years [1] launched a Manifesto on 11 August. The aim of the Manifesto is to make “clarifications and amendments” to the new Constitution that will be submitted to a referendum on September 4. By MIT-Chile The leaders of the PC (Communist Party), Convergencia Social (FA), Revolución Democrática […]

The general crisis is an episode proper to the economic cycle in which, along with making visible the set of contradictions inherent to a social formation, the political class stand held by the actors involved in a given scenario become evident. By MIT-Chile The revolutionary situation of October 2019 served to draw a series of […]

From the LITCI we adhere to and share the communiqué of the Chilean Inter-Company Union of Mining Workers – SIM – calling for the widest campaign for the right to freedom of association, and the immediate reinstatement of Edu Gallardo. The National Inter-Company Union Of Mining Workers (Sindicato Nacional Interempresa de Trabajadores de la Minería), […]

The plenary of the Constitutional Convention on Friday 5/07/22 voted on a series of norms related to copper mining and other minerals. Since that vote, there has been significant confusion on the issue, which does not help to understand what was voted and what will be voted in the coming weeks. By MIT-Chile After the […]

Edward Gallardo Basay (Edu) is a mine worker, subcontracted at the Chuquicamata mines, president of the National Intercompany Mining Union (SIM). He is also a leader of the International Workers Movement (MIT-Chile). October 18 MIT-Chile: Hello comrade, thank you for agreeing to the interview. First of all, could you tell us a little about how […]