Heine Comments on Chilean Cabinet Changes
In an interview with Latin America Advisor, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, discussed Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s recent changes to his cabinet. Heine observed that this cabinet reshuffle did not include sweeping…
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Heine Offers Thoughts on Boric’s Plan for Chile’s Pension System
“Approval of the government’s pension reform bill should be a no-brainer…Yet, the government does not have a majority in Congress. Also, the defeat of the new constitution on Sept. 4 left the president weakened, and prospects for the bill are uncertain.”
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Heine Dissects Latest Book During Chilean Pacific Foundation Webinar
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Heine Discusses Economic Impacts of Chile’s Constitutional Vote
Ambassador Heine conveyed that, although the fundamentals of the Chilean economy are sound, it is going through a bad moment with projections indicating it may have negative growth in 2023.
Heine Outlines Shortcomings of Chile’s Constitutional Convention
“By altering established rules for lists of candidates for political parties and making them available to diverse groups of independents who answer to no one, the National Congress opened the doors to this disaster that was the Constitutional Convention.”
Heine Outlines Failures of Chile’s Constitutional Convention
“In twisting rules designed for political parties in order to favour independents who are accountable to no one, the Chilean Congress opened the door for the ‘disaster in the making’ that was Chile’s Constitutional Convention.”
Heine Comments on Chile New Draft Constitution Vote
“The big loser is the government of President Gabriel Boric, who came out strongly in favor of the new text, and, with barely six months in office, runs the risk of becoming a lame-duck president.”
Heine Offers Thoughts on Chilean’s Rejection of New Draft Constitution
The rejection of the draft constitution in Chile is a major setback for President Gabriel Boric who supported the text strongly. What now? Ambassador Heine offers his insights on the vote as well as what must be done next.
Heine Breaks Down Challenges Facing Chilean President Gabriel Boric
Ambassador Heine notes that Chilean President Gabriel Boric always faced an uphill battle pushing a progressive agenda; however, he too was surprised by how quickly his ratings have dropped.
Heine Offers Insights on Upcoming Summit of the Americas
“Distorting the Summit of the Americas in this way, and transforming it into a kind of ‘club of friends’ of the government in power in Washington, harms not only the region, but also the basic principles of Pan-Americanism.”
Heine Comments on Priorities for Chile’s New Government
Ambassador Heine argues that Chile has the opportunity to set the country on a new course by drafting a new constitutional charter for the digital age and the process of drafting that should not be driven by identity politics.
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Heine Argues for Rebuilding of Latin American Regionalism
Ambassador Heine discusses the need for regional unity in Latin America in order to address ” the most serious crisis in 120 years according to ECLAC.”
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Heine Discusses the Path Forward for Chile’s President-Elect
“Reforms at the right pace are the mantra for Chile at the start of this new decade. Whether president-elect Boric will manage to pull them through is an open question.”
Heine Interviewed on Chilean Presidential Runoff Election
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