President Sebastián Piñera may seek to pass a popular but politically challenging reform of Chile’s binomial system.
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Facing student protests, striking copper miners, and controversy over energy projects, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera shuffled his cabinet for the second time this year. Will the changes appease detractors?
Facing hundreds of thousands of student protesters, Piñera takes a stab at reforming the education system. Will he find common ground with demonstrators?
Four Latin American countries on the Pacific Rim are banding together to increase regional clout and Asia-Pacific trade. On April 28, the leaders of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru meet in Lima to ink the Pacific Arc agreement.
The president’s tour of Latin America was too important to postpone, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in The Huffington Post.
In his first trip to Central and South America, U.S. President Barack Obama hoped to set a new tone in U.S.-Latin American ties.
The president’s message was well received in Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador but his regional speech may have fallen on deaf ears outside those countries.