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Articles by Karina Nohales
Kast: Chile’s “democratic route” back to Pinochetism
The result falls within what the main polling organisations had anticipated—particularly CADEM, whose survey of 29 November projected the final outcome with notable precision—but it also confirms a broader political trend that has been visible since the government coalition primary in June. As was noted at the time: ’The challenge for Jeannette Jara’s candidacy is immense on several levels.
Chile: Del ocaso progresista al avance reaccionario
Jacobinlat Todo indica que Chile será gobernado los próximos cuatro años por una coalición de partidos de derecha, encabezada por una de sus fracciones más extremas, con José Antonio Kast a la cabeza. Esa derecha —el pinochetismo— existe hace décadas en el país, pero por primera vez llegaría al gobierno por la vía electoral, con apoyo de sectores populares y en un contexto internacional marcado por el avance global de fuerzas de extrema derecha.
From progressive decline to reactionary advance in Chile
The election results of Sunday, November 16, clearly demonstrate the magnitude of the right-wing victory. In the presidential election, the right-wing bloc garnered 50.3% of the vote, distributed among José Antonio Kast (23.9%, Partido Republicano or Republican Party), Johannes Kaiser (13.9%, Partido Nacional Libertario or National Libertarian Party), and Evelyn Matthei (12.5%, Chile Vamos or Let’s Go, Chile). At the same time, the right wing is consolidating its majority in Congress.
Chili : du crépuscule progressiste à l’avancée réactionnaire
Le premier tour des élections présidentielles chiliennes, ainsi que les élections législatives, qui ont eu lieu le 16 novembre dernier, confirment le déplacement de l’électorat du pays andin vers l’extrême droite – le candidat José Antonio Kast s’y affirmant comme leader du bloc des droites – dans un contexte régional marqué par l’expansion des forces réactionnaires.
Communist Party triumph and opportunity in an adverse electoral scenario in Chile
Karina Nohales and Javiera Manzi / Activists of the 8M Feminist Coordination of Chile On Sunday, June 29, the primaries for the presidential election to be held in November of this year were held in Chile. It was a primary for the governing coalition, with only the ruling parties participating, given that the right-wing parties failed to reach an agreement to run jointly or to register as a pact.
Constitutional shipwreck for the far right in Chile
It should be remembereds that between October 2020 and September 2022, the first constitutional process took place, which originally dates back to the agreement signed in November 2019 by the political parties with parliamentary representation - with the exception of the Communist Party - as an institutional solution agreed as a response to the gigantic social revolt that was taking place at that time in Chile and which challenged the entire political system and party representations of the...
«Acuerdo por Chile»: la eterna transición - CIPER Chile
«Acuerdo por Chile»: la eterna transición 22.12.2022 Por Karina Nohales y Alondra Carrillo Karina Nohales Abogada laboralista. Parte de la Coordinadora Feminista 8M. Alondra Carrillo Psicóloga y política independiente. Parte de la Coordinadora Feminista 8M. Ex integrante de la Convención Constitucional. Diversos resguardos ante el nuevo acuerdo constitucional presentan las autoras de esta columna para CIPER.
Chile’s New Constitution Will Empower Chilean Workers
Karina Nohales First of all, there is an immediate feminist dimension to the new labor rights. Feminism arrived at the convention on a wave of mobilizations and amid important programmatic discussions so that it was poised to shape constitutional debates about the recognition of domestic and care work.
Women and labor: key struggles in the MENA region
Woman holding signs against gender violence at a protest to denounce violence against women in Tunis, Tunisia. November 30, 2019. Photo: Mohamed Krit / Shutterstock. This essay is published in collaboration with Public Services International How do women and gender equality measures advance in a context of conflict, climate change, high unemployment, low labor force participation, limited democratization and a pandemic?
How to blow up the capitalist realism of fossil capital
There is this didactic little parable by the late David Foster Wallace: an old fish, meeting two youngsters swimming by, nudges them: “Good morning boys, how is the water?” After a short while, as they swim away, one of the younger fish looks at the other and says: “What the hell is water?” Although it is possible to read this as a parable of youthful inexperience and ignorance, an alternative reading presents itself: one that illuminates the difficulty of seeing the implicit assumptions that...
Chilean president Boric's election was a movement victory
This piece was originally by Jacobin América Latina as part of an ongoing collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on the Chilean Constitutional Convention. Translation from Spanish by Bree Busk. On Sunday, December 19, 2020, Gabriel Boric Font was elected President of Chile.
De la revuelta al proceso
Las elecciones a constituyentes del 15 y 16 dieron la vuelta el tablero. Hace poco más de un año afirmamos que el estallido social de octubre de 2019 había sido el primer ensayo de ruptura de la conjura de la transición posdictatorial contra la lucha de clases. Afirmamos también que, acorralados por la irrupción popular, los partidos del orden habilitaron el proceso constitucional con la esperanza de desactivar la revuelta y clausurar por arriba lo que el pueblo abrió por abajo.
Nos organizamos para ir hacia la vida en este 1° de mayo feminista
Recibimos este 1° de mayo en un contexto de crisis global. El impacto planetario del Covid-19 afirma con renovada solidez el internacionalismo de nuestras luchas y de esta fecha. Los y las trabajadoras nos enfrentamos hoy en todos los lugares del mundo a profundos problemas vitales.
The Tide of Feminist Organizing Is Rising in Chile
Interview by Claudia Korol Karina Nohales and Alondra Carrillo are two of the most prominent members of the Chilean 8M Feminist Coordinating Committee (Coordinadora Feminista 8 de Marzo, or CF8M). The group, formed in the midst of Latin America’s powerful feminist wave, has become a leading presence on the Chilean left, especially after the revolts of October 2019 shook Chile to its core.
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