RIGHTS/POLITICS-CHILE: Dialogue Between Lagos and Right Collapses

The right-wing opposition in Chile broke off the political dialogue with socialist President Ricardo Lagos on the constitutional reforms needed to complete this Southern Cone country's transition to democracy.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/04/rights-politics-chile-dialogue-between-lagos-and-right-collapses/

POLITICS-CHILE: Frei to Swear in as Senator-for-Life

Former president Eduardo Frei will be sworn in Tuesday as the second senator-for-life in Chile's history - after former dictator Augusto Pinochet - while an agreement between the centre-left government and the right-wing opposition for consolidating the nation's democracy grows increasingly distant.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/03/politics-chile-frei-to-swear-in-as-senator-for-life/

POLITICS/RIGHTS: Lagos, Chile’s Second Socialist President

Ricardo Lagos, sworn in as Chile's new president Saturday, faces the pressing challenges of completing this Southern Cone country's transition to democracy and dealing with the "Pinochet case."
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/03/politics-rights-lagos-chiles-second-socialist-president/

CHILE: New Scandal over Alleged Arms Deal with Former Zaire

The bad reputation Chile earned during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet as a supplier of weapons to countries in conflict has continued to dog the country, and was reinforced by a new scandal this week over an alleged indirect sale of cluster bombs to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/03/chile-new-scandal-over-alleged-arms-deal-with-former-zaire/

RIGHTS-CHILE: Attacks on Logging Firms Self-Inflicted, Say Guards

Terrorist attacks on a logging company in southern Chile, blamed on Mapuche Indians, were actually self- inflicted, two parliamentarians denounced Wednesday after hearing the confessions of two men working as security guards for the Forestal Mininco company.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/02/rights-chile-attacks-on-logging-firms-self-inflicted-say-guards/

POLITICS-CHILE: No Clear Winner Predicted for Sunday’s Elections

Chileans are aware that Sunday's runoff elections will be neck and neck, and only the most optimistic predict that their candidate will win by more than 100,000 votes, since moderate socialist Ricardo Lagos beat right-wing candidate Joaquín Lavín by a mere 31,142 votes in the Dec 12 first round.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/01/politics-chile-no-clear-winner-predicted-for-sundays-elections/

RIGHTS-CHILE: Thankless Job Awaits New President

Human rights controversies are an obligatory but unwelcome part of the responsibilities awaiting the winner of Chile's presidential run-off election, set for Jan 16, and promise to keep the new president, whether Ricardo Lagos or Joaquín Lavín, on his toes for several years.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/rights-chile-thankless-job-awaits-new-president/

RIGHTS-CHILE: Thankless Job Awaits New President

Human rights controversies are an obligatory but unwelcome part of the responsibilities awaiting the winner of Chile's presidential run-off election, set for Jan 16, and promise to keep the new president, whether Ricardo Lagos or Joaquín Lavín, on his toes for several years.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/rights-chile-thankless-job-awaits-new-president/

//CORRECTED REPEAT// RIGHTS-CHILE: Thankless Job Awaits New President

Human rights controversies are an obligatory but unwelcome part of the responsibilities awaiting the winner of Chile's presidential run-off election, set for Jan 16, and promise to keep the new president, whether Ricardo Lagos or Joaquín Lavín, on his toes for several years.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/corrected-repeat-rights-chile-thankless-job-awaits-new-president/

RIGHTS-CHILE: Thankless Job Awaits New President

Human rights controversies are an obligatory but unwelcome part of the duties awaiting the winner of Chile's presidential run-off election, set for Jan 16, and promise to keep the new president busy for several years.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/rights-chile-thankless-job-awaits-new-president/

ELECTIONS-CHILE: First Round Opens Pandora’s Box for Run-Off

Chile's presidential elections concluded in a virtual tie between the centre-left governing coalition's Ricardo Lagos and the right-wing's Joaquín Lavín, setting the stage for run-off elections that open like a Pandora's box.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/elections-chile-first-round-opens-pandoras-box-for-run-off/

ELECTIONS: Chile’s Incomplete Transition to Democracy

Sunday's elections in Chile will be the third to take place since the end of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in 1990, under an as yet incomplete transition to democracy.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/elections-chiles-incomplete-transition-to-democracy/

ELECTIONS-CHILE: Lagos, Modern-Day Heir to Allende’s Socialism

Ricardo Lagos hopes to become the second Socialist president in the history of Chile, but in a context that has little to do with the one in which the late Salvador Allende was elected in 1970.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/elections-chile-lagos-modern-day-heir-to-allendes-socialism/

POLITICS-CHILE: Labour Reforms Rejected, Gov’t Awaits Fallout

The Chilean Senate voted down government- proposed labour reforms, raising questions about the failed bill's political impact on upcoming presidential elections, and leaving the country in a tricky situation for future international trade negotiations.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/politics-chile-labour-reforms-rejected-govt-awaits-fallout/

POLITICS-CHILE: Labour Reforms Rejected, Gov’t Awaits Fallout

The Chilean Senate voted down government- proposed labour reforms, raising questions about the failed bill's political impact on upcoming presidential elections, and leaving the country in a tricky situation for future international trade negotiations.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/12/politics-chile-labour-reforms-rejected-govt-awaits-fallout/

CHILE: UN’s Human Development Goals Within Reach

In the last decade Chile has met 85 percent of the human development goals set by the United Nations (UN) and is ranked first in Latin America, according to "The Human Development Index in Chile 1990-1998."
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/11/chile-uns-human-development-goals-within-reach/

POLITICS-CHILE: The Berlin Wall, the Honecker Case and Pinochet

The fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago had strong repercussions in Chile - the last home of Erich Honecker, leader of the now-defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR) - and the impacts may continue to be felt through the extradition trial of the nation's former dictator, Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/11/politics-chile-the-berlin-wall-the-honecker-case-and-pinochet/

POLITICS-CHILE: The Pinochet Case, the EU and the Cuba Summit

In its enthusiasm to prevent former dictator Augusto Pinochet's trial for extradition to Spain, which began Monday in London, the Chilean government made decisions that could prove costly to its foreign affairs.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1999/09/politics-chile-the-pinochet-case-the-eu-and-the-cuba-summit/

CHILE-OUTLOOK: New Year Opens Under the Sign of Pinochet

Since being put under house arrest in London, General Augusto Pinochet has cast a long shadow over Chile, where the 1999 political scene will inevitably be marked by the fate of the old dictator.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1998/12/chile-outlook-new-year-opens-under-the-sign-of-pinochet/

RIGHTS-CHILE: Pinochet – from Frustrated Statesman to Martyr

Retired General Augusto Pinochet attempted to shake off the stigma of his image as a former dictator by cultivating the image of a statesman from his lifelong seat in the Chilean Senate.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1998/12/rights-chile-pinochet-from-frustrated-statesman-to-martyr/

RIGHTS-CHILE: Awaiting Britain’s Verdict on Ex-Dictator

Tension is mounting in Chile ahead of the verdict of Britain's House of Lords which, on Wednesday, can either set ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet free or order him to face trial for crimes against humanity.
https://www.ipsnews.net/1998/11/rights-chile-awaiting-britains-verdict-on-ex-dictator/