Changes

In 2018, Piñera promised to oppose efforts to expand abortion in the country, saying he will do “everything that is necessary to defend life”. The same year he rejected signing the globalist and ecologist [[Escazú Agreement]] arguing sovereign reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-54263916|title=Acuerdo de Escazú: el polémico rechazo de Chile al primer gran pacto medioambiental de América Latina y el Caribe|language=es|publisher=BB Mundo|date=23 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2018/10/01/ministra-schmidt-explica-porque-no-se-firmo-el-acuerdo-de-escazu-no-queremos-que-se-ponga-en-peligro-la-soberania-de-nuestro-pais/|title=Ministra Schmidt explica por qué no se firmó el Acuerdo de Escazú: "No queremos que se ponga en peligro la soberanía de nuestro país"|language=es|publisher=El Mostrador|date=1 October 2018}}</ref> In August he designed Mauricio Rojas as Culture Minister who just after two days was expelled since the Media found his declarations about the Marxist "Museum of Memory" where he said it was a hoax.  

In 2018, Piñera promised to oppose efforts to expand abortion in the country, saying he will do “everything that is necessary to defend life”. The same year he rejected signing the globalist and ecologist [[Escazú Agreement]] arguing sovereign reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-54263916|title=Acuerdo de Escazú: el polémico rechazo de Chile al primer gran pacto medioambiental de América Latina y el Caribe|language=es|publisher=BB Mundo|date=23 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2018/10/01/ministra-schmidt-explica-porque-no-se-firmo-el-acuerdo-de-escazu-no-queremos-que-se-ponga-en-peligro-la-soberania-de-nuestro-pais/|title=Ministra Schmidt explica por qué no se firmó el Acuerdo de Escazú: "No queremos que se ponga en peligro la soberanía de nuestro país"|language=es|publisher=El Mostrador|date=1 October 2018}}</ref> In August he designed Mauricio Rojas as Culture Minister who just after two days was expelled since the Media found his declarations about the Marxist "Museum of Memory" where he said it was a hoax.  

In his first year of government, around 200,000 immigrants entered Chile, with a total of 1,251,225 new immigrants since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/ine-poblacion-inmigrante-chile-llega-1.251.225-personas|language=es|publisher=T13|date=14 Febrary 2019|title=Inmigrantes en Chile llegan a 1.251.225 personas y venezolanos superan a peruanos por primera vez}}</ref> Piñera continued an [[open border]] policy similar to what his [[Michelle Bachelet|predecessor]] did, but under Piñera, it was a bit more regulated and the main new immigrants were [[Venezuela]]ns instead of [[Haiti]]ans. Illegal immigrants were pardoned and a new more flexible immigration law was made. One of his minister said that Venezuelan immigrants would be welcome "as long as the country can stand it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/cecilia-perez-afirma-se-seguira-recibiendo-migracion-venezolana-chile-pais-lo-resista/732904/|title=Cecilia Pérez afirma que se seguirá recibiendo migración venezolana a Chile "hasta que el país lo resista"|language=es|date=July 8, 2019|publisher=La Tercera}}</ref>

In his first year of government, around 200,000 immigrants entered Chile, with a total of 1,251,225 new immigrants since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/ine-poblacion-inmigrante-chile-llega-1.251.225-personas|language=es|publisher=T13|date=14 Febrary 2019|title=Inmigrantes en Chile llegan a 1.251.225 personas y venezolanos superan a peruanos por primera vez}}</ref> Piñera continued an [[open border]] policy similar to what his [[Michelle Bachelet|predecessor]] did, but under Piñera, it was a bit more regulated and the main new immigrants were [[Venezuela]]ns instead of [[Haiti]]ans. Illegal immigrants were pardoned and a new more flexible immigration law was made. One of his minister said that Venezuelan immigrants would be welcome "as long as the country can stand it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/cecilia-perez-afirma-se-seguira-recibiendo-migracion-venezolana-chile-pais-lo-resista/732904/|title=Cecilia Pérez afirma que se seguirá recibiendo migración venezolana a Chile "hasta que el país lo resista"|language=es|date=July 8, 2019|publisher=La Tercera}}</ref>