Hello from Chile

[TomChile]

Hi everybody, my name is Tomás, I'm from Viña del Mar, Chile. I am a 2nd year Law student and member of the student federation of my university. Looks like a nice group, hope I can show my experience from the Chilean protests and how Pinochet made my country one of the worst countries for workers.

I will leave a quote: "I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this gray and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Keep in mind that, sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will walk through them to construct a better society. Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!" Final words of Salvador Allende.

[Q]

Welcome :)

If you have political questions, you can ask them in the Learning forum. That's why it's there after all!

If you have questions about your account, don't hesitate to send me a PM or ask here.

What are your politics, if anything specific? And what's the Chilean left like?

[Communist-USSR]

Welcome!

Are you member of a communist party? And did you vote for Bachelet?

[TomChile]

Welcome!

Are you member of a communist party? And did you vote for Bachelet?
I am independent, I hate the communist party of my country.
I voted for Roxana Miranda-more of a symbolic vote, because although I did not agree with all her program she was the only person that lived the reality she talked about-. I do not trust Bachelet, she is responsible for the murder of many mapuches and they did little to change education.

The Chilean left is segmented in many groups, the big problem with all this, is the chilean constitution, made by a very smart but perverted man: Jaime Guzmán. He said many times "we made this so that even if the left wing wins a big amount of congress, we will win". Basically the right wing always wins. How?
There are three mechanisms:
Binomina electoral system: Search in wikipedia "binominal system". If you do not understand wikipedia ask me, I can explain in detail. In a general note: it is near impossible to have the amount of people in congress to do big changes.

Quorum that go against the majority. This goes togheter with the binominal system. Some laws and constitutional norms need a higher aproval than normal laws in congress: Some require 4/7 and the most important ones: 2/3.
For example: to stop profit in education, 4/7 of congress (both chambers: senators and "diputados").

Third: the "constitutional court" that can stop the work of congress (works more like a de facto power).

So in general terms, it is nearly impossible to erradicate the legacy of Pinochet. Chile has been sleeping but is no longer like that, the student movement and the upcoming ones will move the roots of the institutions.


Sorry for my English.

[Igor]

hey - no need to apologise, your english is great.

great to have you here anyways dude, happy posting