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'''Gabriel Boric Font''' (b. [[Punta Arenas]] February 11, 1986) also known as '''''El Merluzo''''', '''''El Mechero''''' or '''''El Cifras''''' is a [[Chile]]an and self-described [[communist]] politician, current [[President of Chile]], who was elected in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35 to serve between March 11, 2022 and March 11, 2026. He previously served as deputy from 2014 to 2022 and was a prominent student radical activist in the leftist mobilizations of 2011 which were about the nationalization of the education system in order to have a welfare state that provides 'free and quality education'.<ref name=at-22nov21>Monica Showalter, [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/stunning_good_news_from_chile__and_not_just_for_them_but_for_us.html Stunning good news from Chile...], American Thinker, November 22, 2021.</ref>
'''Gabriel Boric Font''' (b. [[Punta Arenas]] February 11, 1986) also known as '''''El Merluzo''''', '''''El Mechero''''' or '''''El Cifras''''' is a [[Chile]]an and self-described [[communist]] politician, former [[President of Chile]], who was elected in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35, to serve between March 11, 2022, and March 11, 2026. He previously served as deputy from 2014 to 2022 and was a prominent student radical activist in the leftist mobilizations of 2011 which were about the nationalization of the education system in order to have a welfare state that provides 'free and quality education'.<ref name=at-22nov21>Monica Showalter, [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/stunning_good_news_from_chile__and_not_just_for_them_but_for_us.html Stunning good news from Chile...], American Thinker, November 22, 2021.</ref>
His coalition called Apruebo Dignidad is integrated by the parties: Social Convergence (Boric's Party), [[Democratic Revolution]], Green Ecologist Party, Commune Party, [[Communist]] Party, Social Green Regionalist Federation.
His coalition called Apruebo Dignidad is integrated by the parties: Social Convergence (Boric's Party), [[Democratic Revolution]], Green Ecologist Party, Commune Party, [[Communist]] Party, Social Green Regionalist Federation.
During the [[2019 Chilean State of Emergency|2019 Chilean October Marxist insurrection]] he was against the Chilean Armed Forces and supported the agreement of the 15 of November of the same year that made possible the Constitutional change process that was rejected years later, something that was viewed as too moderate by the far-left since the agreement was made with the center-right.
During the [[2019 Chilean State of Emergency|2019 Chilean October Marxist insurrection]] he was against the Chilean Armed Forces and supported the agreement of the 15 of November of the same year that made possible the Constitutional change process that was rejected years later, something that was viewed as too moderate by the far-left since the agreement was made with the center-right.
Brazilian President [[Jair Bolsonaro]] accused him of supporting the burning of the metro stations in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2022/08/29/bolsonaro-acusa-al-presidente-boric-de-haber-practicado-actos-de-prender-fuego-al-metro.shtml|title=Bolsonaro acusa al presidente Boric de haber "practicado actos de prender fuego al Metro"|publisher=Biobío|date=Augusto 29, 2022}}</ref>
Brazilian conservative President [[Jair Bolsonaro]] accused Boric of supporting the burning of the metro stations in 2019 (by supporting the insurrection, he indirectly did).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2022/08/29/bolsonaro-acusa-al-presidente-boric-de-haber-practicado-actos-de-prender-fuego-al-metro.shtml|title=Bolsonaro acusa al presidente Boric de haber "practicado actos de prender fuego al Metro"|publisher=Biobío|date=Augusto 29, 2022}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
== Controversies ==
=== Sexual behavior ===
=== Sexual behavior ===
Boric was acused of being a sexual stalker in 2012. At that time, the complainant was an anthropology student, when he was president of the Student Federation of the University of Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2021/11/12/una-denuncia-por-acoso-sexual-complica-al-candidato-chileno-gabriel-boric-a-10-dias-de-las-elecciones/|title=Una denuncia por acoso sexual complica al candidato chileno Gabriel Boric a 10 días de las elecciones|language=es|publisher=Infobae|date=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
Boric was accused of being a sexual stalker in 2012. At that time, the complainant was an anthropology student, when he was president of the Student Federation of the University of Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2021/11/12/una-denuncia-por-acoso-sexual-complica-al-candidato-chileno-gabriel-boric-a-10-dias-de-las-elecciones/|title=Una denuncia por acoso sexual complica al candidato chileno Gabriel Boric a 10 días de las elecciones|language=es|publisher=Infobae|date=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
The complaint was confirmed by the president of Social Convergence, Alondra Arellano, to the electronic newspaper El Líbero. She said that "without the consent of the victim" she would not refer to the events that occurred, when said media asked her for a tweet in which she declared that she was available to "initiate a procedure" regarding the behaviors attributed to her party's standard-bearer.
The complaint was confirmed by the president of Social Convergence, Alondra Arellano, to the electronic newspaper El Líbero. She said that "without the consent of the victim" she would not refer to the events that occurred, when said media asked her for a tweet in which she declared that she was available to "initiate a procedure" regarding the behaviors attributed to her party's standard-bearer.
=== Support of Left-wing Terrorism ===
=== Support of Left-wing Terrorism ===
{{Main article|Left Wing Terrorism in Chile}}
{{Main article|Left Wing Terrorism in Chile}}
[[File:Boric with a T-Shirt supporting Left Wing Terrorism.jpg|thumbnail|Boric supporting Left Wing Terrorism with a T-Shirt with dead [[Jaime Guzmán]].]]
[[File:Boric with a T-Shirt supporting Left Wing Terrorism.jpg|thumbnail|Boric supporting Left Wing Terrorism with a T-shirt with dead [[Jaime Guzmán]].]]
In November 2018, Gabriel Boric, along with deputy Maite Orsini, went to France, and visited Ricardo Palma Salamanca, a member of the terrorist left-wing group 'Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front', who was convicted for the murder of Senator [[Jaime Guzmán]] in the 90s, and that he remains in asylum status in the European country.
In November 2018, Gabriel Boric, along with deputy Maite Orsini, went to France, and visited Ricardo Palma Salamanca, a member of the terrorist left-wing group 'Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front', who was convicted for the murder of Senator [[Jaime Guzmán]] in the 90s, and that he remains in asylum status in the European country.
Boric gained the nickname "El Mechero"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/boric-ante-acusacion-de-udi-a-los-19-cometi-un-error-y-me-detuvieron/2015-01-07/153338.html|title=Boric ante acusación de UDI: A los 19 cometí un error y me detuvieron|language=es|publisher=Cooperativa|date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> which means "a person who commits petty theft from commercial premises. Usually shoplifting in supermarkets." in Chilean Spanish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diccionariochileno.cl/term/mechero|title=Mechero|publisher=Diccionario Chileno|language=es}}</ref>
Boric gained the nickname "El Mechero"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/boric-ante-acusacion-de-udi-a-los-19-cometi-un-error-y-me-detuvieron/2015-01-07/153338.html|title=Boric ante acusación de UDI: A los 19 cometí un error y me detuvieron|language=es|publisher=Cooperativa|date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> which means "a person who commits petty theft from commercial premises. Usually shoplifting in supermarkets." in Chilean Spanish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diccionariochileno.cl/term/mechero|title=Mechero|publisher=Diccionario Chileno|language=es}}</ref>
Boric's mother, María Soledad Font, has been detained twice at the same supermarket in Punta Arenas,<ref>{{cite web|title=Madre de Gabriel Boric fue detenida por hurto en supermercado de Punta Arenas|date=October 17, 2013|publisher=El Pingüino|language=es|url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/pais/Madre-de-Gabriel-Boric-fue-detenida-por-hurto-en-supermercado-de-Punta-Arenas-20131017-0030.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpinguino.com/noticia/2016/07/27/nuevamente-enfrento-a-la-justicia-por-robo-en-supermercado|title=María Soledad Font nuevamente enfrentó ayer a la justicia por delitos menores|date=27 July, 2016|publisher=El Pingüino|language=es}}</ref> which is located 13 minutes by car from the family home. Boric's mother's first theft occurred in October 2013, when, according to the complaint, she stole products valued at $37 thousand pesos. The second time, in 2016, the theft was only $8 thousand pesos, but being a repeat offender, María Soledad Font was forbidden to go near the Líder supermarket in Punta Arenas for at least one year and to pay a fine of $50 thousand pesos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/politica/Boric-la-historia-del-proceso-judicial-por-hurto-en-un-supermercado-20211029-0037.html|title=Boric: la historia del proceso judicial por hurto en un supermercado|date=October 29, 2021|publisher=El Dínamo|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Politica/2017/10/17/493371/Sergio-Melnick-le-enrrostro-hurto-en-supermercado-a-Gabriel-Boric-en-dura-discusion-en-redes.aspx|title=Sergio Melnick le enrostró hurto en supermercado a Gabriel Boric en dura discusión en redes|date=October 17, 2017|language=es|publisher=Soy Chile}}</ref>
Boric's mother, María Soledad Font, has been detained twice at the same supermarket in Punta Arenas,<ref>{{cite web|title=Madre de Gabriel Boric fue detenida por hurto en supermercado de Punta Arenas|date=October 17, 2013|publisher=El Pingüino|language=es|url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/pais/Madre-de-Gabriel-Boric-fue-detenida-por-hurto-en-supermercado-de-Punta-Arenas-20131017-0030.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpinguino.com/noticia/2016/07/27/nuevamente-enfrento-a-la-justicia-por-robo-en-supermercado|title=María Soledad Font nuevamente enfrentó ayer a la justicia por delitos menores|date=27 July 2016|publisher=El Pingüino|language=es}}</ref> which is located 13 minutes by car from the family home. Boric's mother's first theft occurred in October 2013, when, according to the complaint, she stole products valued at $37 thousand pesos. The second time, in 2016, the theft was only $8 thousand pesos, but being a repeat offender, María Soledad Font was forbidden to go near the Líder supermarket in Punta Arenas for at least one year and to pay a fine of $50 thousand pesos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/politica/Boric-la-historia-del-proceso-judicial-por-hurto-en-un-supermercado-20211029-0037.html|title=Boric: la historia del proceso judicial por hurto en un supermercado|date=October 29, 2021|publisher=El Dínamo|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Politica/2017/10/17/493371/Sergio-Melnick-le-enrrostro-hurto-en-supermercado-a-Gabriel-Boric-en-dura-discusion-en-redes.aspx|title=Sergio Melnick le enrostró hurto en supermercado a Gabriel Boric en dura discusión en redes|date=October 17, 2017|language=es|publisher=Soy Chile}}</ref>
=== Mental illnesses ===
Boric has obsessive–compulsive disorder.
== 2021 Election ==
== 2021 Election ==
{{main article|Chile presidential election, 2021}}
{{main article|Chile presidential election, 2021}}
[[File:Boric arguing with military personnel in 2019.jpg|thumbnail|Boric arguing with [[Chilean Army|military personnel]] during the [[2019 Chilean State of Emergency|2019 Marxist Insurrection]].]]
[[File:Boric arguing with military personnel in 2019.jpg|thumbnail|Boric arguing with [[Chilean Army|military personnel]] during the [[2019 Chilean State of Emergency|2019 Marxist Insurrection]].]]
In the [[Chile presidential election, 2021|2021 Presidential Election]], the final front-runners were the [[Republican Party (Chile)|Republican]] [[José Antonio Kast]] and Gabriel Boric. Kast won the first round with a 27.91 % of the votes (1,961,387 votes) and Boric obtained 25.82 % (1,814,777 votes). But Kast lost the second round obtaining 44.13 % (3,650,088 votes) against 55.87 % (4,620,890 votes) from Boric. With this Chile ends an era of free-market oriented policies and Socialism retakes the government.
In the [[Chile presidential election, 2021|2021 Presidential Election]], the final front-runners were the [[Republican Party (Chile)|Republican]] [[José Antonio Kast]] and Gabriel Boric. Kast won the first round with a 27.91% of the votes (1,961,387 votes) and Boric obtained 25.82% (1,814,777 votes). But Kast lost the second round obtaining 44.13% (3,650,088 votes) against 55.87% (4,620,890 votes) from Boric. With this Chile ends an era of free-market oriented policies and Socialism retakes the government.
Earlier polls showed a very tight race.<ref name=at-22nov21/>
Earlier polls showed a very tight race.<ref name=at-22nov21/>
Boric promised a welfare state, ending with the private pension system (making pensions non-inheritable and transfering them to a common fund), increasing taxes, limiting the working hours to 40 per week and creating a public fund for health.<ref>[https://amp.economist.com/the-americas/2021/12/20/chiles-new-president-promises-to-bury-neoliberalism Chile’s new president promises to bury neoliberalism], Economist, Dec 20, 2021.<br><i>Latin America’s new leftists.
Boric promised a welfare state, ending with the private pension system (making pensions non-inheritable and transferring them to a common fund), increasing taxes, limiting the working hours to 40 per week and creating a public fund for health.<ref>[https://amp.economist.com/the-americas/2021/12/20/chiles-new-president-promises-to-bury-neoliberalism Chile’s new president promises to bury neoliberalism], Economist, Dec 20, 2021.<br><i>Latin America’s new leftists.
Will Gabriel Boric, a millennial socialist, be as good as his word?</i></ref>
Will Gabriel Boric, a millennial socialist, be as good as his word?</i></ref>
=== Amnesty to criminals ===
=== Amnesty to criminals ===
The first measure taken by the government was to withdraw 139 complaints invoking the State Security Law regarding crimes that disturb public order for people detained within the riots caused during the [[2019 Chilean State of Emergency|Marxist insurrection of 2019]]. In a televised interview, Boric asserted that he hopes that the amnesty bill for them "comes to fruition" in the National Congress, describing this action as a "meeting and healing point" rather than impunity.
The first measure taken by the government was to withdraw 139 complaints invoking the State Security Law regarding crimes that disturb public order for people detained within the riots caused during the [[2019 Chilean State of Emergency|Marxist insurrection of 2019]]. In a televised interview, Boric asserted that he hopes that the amnesty bill for them "comes to fruition" in the National Congress, describing this action as a "meeting and healing point" rather than impunity.
In December 2022, Boric pardoned 13 criminals causing controversy even on the center-left.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaespinacheck.cl/explicativo/2023/01/10/el-prontuario-de-los-indultados-por-el-presidente-gabriel-boric/|title=El prontuario de los indultados por el Presidente Gabriel Boric
|date=January 10, 2023|publisher=Mala Espina Check|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite ref|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2022/12/30/indultos-de-boric-ascienden-a-13-la-moneda-reconoce-que-dejo-a-dos-personas-fuera-de-la-lista-oficial.shtml|title=Indultos de Boric ascienden a 13: La Moneda reconoce que "por error" no incluyó a dos personas|date=Decemeber 30, 2022|language=es|publihser=Biobío Chile}}</ref> Half of the beneficiaries who were involved in the events related to the 2019 Leftist Insurrection -Juan Olguín, Bastían Campos, Jordano Santander, Brandon Rojas, Luis Castillo and Sebastián Montenegro- were sentenced for common crimes, in addition to the charges they faced in the cases for which they were pardoned by Boric. As for their arrests, there are repeated cases of robbery, theft, threats and drugs. Only one does not register anything prior to the insurrection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/el-prontuario-de-los-indultados-por-el-gobierno-seis-fueron-condenados-por-delitos-distintos-al-estallido-y-acumulan-52-detenciones-policiales/NSXEZZHSGNHJTB4BV465MGJDJE/|title=El prontuario de los indultados por el gobierno: seis fueron condenados por delitos distintos al estallido y acumulan 52 detenciones policiales|date=January 10, 2023|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref>
The controversy was not assumed by Boric and made the Justice minister responsible for it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2023-01-07/dimite-la-ministra-de-justicia-de-chile-tras-la-polemica-de-los-indultos-a-los-condenados-por-el-estallido-social.html|title=La polémica por los indultos en Chile fuerza la dimisión de la ministra de Justicia y del jefe de Gabinete de Boric|date=January 7, 2023|language=es|publisher=El País}}</ref>
=== Facilitating Terrorists grip===
=== Facilitating Terrorists grip===
Iran, its [[Hezbollah]] and Quds Force intensified its presence since Boric's elections.<ref>Y. Ettinger, [https://www.jns.org/opinion/irans-ayatollahs-threaten-the-us-in-latin-america/ Iran’s ayatollahs threaten the US in Latin America], ''JNS'', Jan 10, 2022.<blockquote>
Iran, its [[Hezbollah]] and [[Quds Force]] intensified its presence since Boric's elections.<ref>Y. Ettinger, [https://www.jns.org/opinion/irans-ayatollahs-threaten-the-us-in-latin-america/ Iran’s ayatollahs threaten the US in Latin America], ''JNS'', Jan 10, 2022.<blockquote>
Despite what the U.S. State Dept. appears to believe, history has demonstrated that the Iranian leopard will not change its spots, only its tactics...
Despite what the U.S. State Dept. appears to believe, history has demonstrated that the Iranian leopard will not change its spots, only its tactics...
Iran’s ayatollahs closely collaborate with Hezbollah, the proxy of Iran’s Quds Force, which is the arm of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] responsible for exporting the Islamic revolution. They have intensified their surge into South and Central America, from Chile (especially with the December election of President Gabriel Boric) to Mexico. They consider Latin America to be the soft underbelly of the United States.</blockquote></ref>
Iran’s ayatollahs closely collaborate with Hezbollah, the proxy of Iran’s Quds Force, which is the arm of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] responsible for exporting the Islamic revolution. They have intensified their surge into South and Central America, from Chile (especially with the December election of President Gabriel Boric) to Mexico. They consider Latin America to be the soft underbelly of the United States.</blockquote></ref>
=== Feminism ===
=== Feminism ===
His girlfriend, Irina Karamanos, refuses the title "First Lady" for being patriarchal arguing that she is not first nor lady.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/no-soy-ni-primera-ni-dama-origen-frase-irina-karamanos-15-03-2022|title="No soy ni primera, ni dama": El origen de la frase de Irina Karamanos que generó revuelo en redes|date=March 15, 2022|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref> The institution was renamed "Cabinet Irina Karamanos", something that was controversial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/mea-culpa-los-otros-reconocimientos-de-errores-del-gobierno-de-boric/JLVXGW2JGZEOJOKQWC4J5O5KKQ/|title=“Mea culpa”: los otros reconocimientos de errores del gobierno de Boric|date=June 24, 2022|language=es|publisher=La Tercera}}</ref>
His girlfriend, Irina Karamanos, refuses the title "First Lady" for being patriarchal arguing that she is not first nor lady.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/no-soy-ni-primera-ni-dama-origen-frase-irina-karamanos-15-03-2022|title="No soy ni primera, ni dama": El origen de la frase de Irina Karamanos que generó revuelo en redes|date=March 15, 2022|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref> The institution was renamed "Cabinet Irina Karamanos", something that was controversial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/mea-culpa-los-otros-reconocimientos-de-errores-del-gobierno-de-boric/JLVXGW2JGZEOJOKQWC4J5O5KKQ/|title="Mea culpa": los otros reconocimientos de errores del gobierno de Boric|date=June 24, 2022|language=es|publisher=La Tercera}}</ref>
=== Gun control ===
=== Gun control ===
=== Second Constitutional Referendum ===
=== Second Constitutional Referendum ===
On September 4, 2022 the second Constitutional referendum took place (the first one was on October 2020) in which the 'Rejection' option won with 61.86% of the votes against 38.14% of the 'Approve' option. The main difference with the first election was that the vote was obligatory in the second one and not the first one, having bigger participation of older generations which tend to vote conservative. After the triumph of the 'Rechazo', Gabriel Boric changed the cabinet of ministers of his government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/05/santiago-s-stock-exchange-booms-after-rejection-won|title=Santiago's Stock Exchange booms after Rejection won|publisher=MercoPress|date=September 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/05/chile-new-constitution-rejected|title=Chile: New Constitution rejected|date=September 5, 2022|publisher=MercoPress}}</ref> Even with the referendum being the end of the "Constitutional Process" as stipulated in the Article 142 of the Constitution, Boric insist on continuing with the change of the Constitution, without making a new referendum asking if the country wants to start a new process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/plebiscito-2022/politica/boric-plebiscito-entrada-redundante-21-08-2022|title=Boric apunta a proceso sin Plebiscito de entrada si gana el Rechazo: "Repetirlo sería redundante"|publisher=T13|date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
On September 4, 2022, the second Constitutional referendum took place (the first one was in October 2020) in which the 'Rejection' option won with 61.86% of the votes against 38.14% of the 'Approve' option. The main difference with the first election was that the vote was obligatory in the second one and not the first one, having bigger participation of older generations which tend to vote conservative. After the triumph of the 'Rechazo', Gabriel Boric changed the cabinet of ministers of his government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/05/santiago-s-stock-exchange-booms-after-rejection-won|title=Santiago's Stock Exchange booms after Rejection won|publisher=MercoPress|date=September 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/05/chile-new-constitution-rejected|title=Chile: New Constitution rejected|date=September 5, 2022|publisher=MercoPress}}</ref> Even with the referendum being the end of the "Constitutional Process" as stipulated in the Article 142 of the Constitution, Boric insist on continuing with the change of the Constitution, without making a new referendum asking if the country wants to start a new process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/plebiscito-2022/politica/boric-plebiscito-entrada-redundante-21-08-2022|title=Boric apunta a proceso sin Plebiscito de entrada si gana el Rechazo: "Repetirlo sería redundante"|publisher=T13|date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
=== Military Parade ===
=== Military Parade ===
=== Tax Reform ===
=== Tax Reform ===
In March 2023, the Congress rejected the Government's Tax Reform<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/chile/2023-03-11/gabriel-boric-la-esperanza-que-no-despega.html|title=Gabriel Boric, la esperanza que no despega|language=es|date=March 11, 2023|publisher=El País}}</ref> which tried to increase taxes even more, even with votes from left-wing congress members such as Pamela Jiles and Viviana Delgado, the last one was from the Ecologist Green Party which left the coalition after the depute was disrespected by the Education Minister Marco Antonio Ávila.
=== Labour Reform ===
=== Labour Reform ===
Boric's Government wants to decrease working hours from 45 to 40 per week, decreasing productivity in the country.<ref name=OneYear>{{cita web|url=https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20230310-gabriel-boric-capotea-el-descontento-en-su-primer-a%C3%B1o-al-frente-de-chile|title=Gabriel Boric capotea el descontento en su primer año al frente de Chile|publisher=France24|date=March 10, 2023|language=es}}</ref>
Boric's Government wants to decrease working hours from 45 to 40 per week, decreasing productivity in the country.<ref name=OneYear>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20230310-gabriel-boric-capotea-el-descontento-en-su-primer-a%C3%B1o-al-frente-de-chile|title=Gabriel Boric capotea el descontento en su primer año al frente de Chile|publisher=France24|date=March 10, 2023|language=es}}</ref>
=== Constitutional Convention 2023 election ===
{{Main article|Chile constitutional council election, 2023}}
In 2023 the political class of Chile restarted the "Constitutional Process" to change the constitution without asking the people on another referendum. An election was held to elect people to be in the Constitucional Convention of the illegitimate process. The conservative [[Republican Party (Chile)|Republican Party]] of [[José Antonio Kast]] won 23 seats, and the center-right 11, having a right-wing majority. also, the "invalid vote" (''Nulo'', Voluntary refusal to choose a candidate by the citizenry in a mandatory election) was on the 3rd place, expressing that the people doesn't want this process, and having more votes than the center-right, center-left and the [[People's Party (Chile)|People's Party]]. This massive conservative win made the Republican Party the hegemon of the Chilean right-wing, had a record of ''Nulo'' votes and was a failure for the Gabriel Boric Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/05/08/leftist-riots-backfire-chile-gives-conservatives-majority-power-to-rewrite-constitution/|title=Leftist Riots Backfire: Chile Gives Conservatives Majority Power to Rewrite Constitution|date=May 8, 2023|publisher=Breitbart}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://chiletoday.cl/republican-party-wins-constitutional-council-election-by-large-margin/|date=May 7, 2023|title=Republican Party wins Constitutional Council election by large margin|publisher=Chile Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-right-wing-parties-hold-big-lead-vote-new-constitution-advisers-2023-05-08/|title=Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution|date=May 7, 2023|publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://derechadiario.com.ar/latinoamerica/latinoamerica_chile/constituyentes-chile-arraso-la-derecha-en-la-eleccion-para-la-nueva-constitucion-y-tendra-mayoria-absoluta-en-la-convencion|title=Constituyentes Chile: Arrasó la derecha en la elección para la Nueva Constitución y tendrá mayoría absoluta en la Convención|date= May 8, 2023|language=es|publisher=La Derecha Diario}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://derechadiario.com.ar/latinoamerica/latinoamerica_chile/arrasa-la-derecha-en-chile-los-mercados-reaccionan-con-fuertes-subas-y-cae-la-cotizacion-del-dolar|title=Tras el histórico triunfo de la derecha en Chile, los mercados suben por primera vez en meses y baja el dólar|date=May 9, 2023|publisher=La Derecha Diario|language=es}}</ref>
=== Propaganda Against Pinochet ===
{{Main article|Military Government (Chile)#Smear campaign against the Military Government}}
During Gabriel Boric's Government, the 50th anniversary of the [[Military Government (Chile)|military intervention of 1973]] happens, the government continues spreading propaganda against [[Augusto Pinochet]] repeating the leftist dogma of "systematic human rights violations", "a dark and terrible moment for Chileans", and reivindicates [[Salvador Allende]].
=== Third Constitutional Referendum ===
On December 17, 2023 a new referendum was held over the new written text, the Republican Party directive supported the change of the Chilean Constitution, many members of the party opposed this stance change of the party. The Globalist "center-right" coalition, [[Chile Vamos]] and centrist parties such as "Democrats" and "Yellows" (which means "being too moderated") supported the "In Favor" option as well. Chilean Patriots supported the "Against" option as well as the most of the left-wing. The "Against" Option obtained 55.76% of the votes while the "In Favor" Option obtained 44.24%. The dissident right was victorious over the establishment "right-wing" parties who supported the new proposed text.
=== Kidnapping and murder of a Venezuelan retired lieutenant by the Maduro regime in Chilean territory: Tren De Aragua (and Hezbollah?) ===
The public security crisis facing Chile, with a new criminality and the deployment of transnational gangs, has a new black episode. A Venezuelan ex-military dissident, Ronald Ojeda, 32, a political refugee in Chile since 2018, was found dead after 10 days missing following his kidnapping. Prosecutors and police officers found him in a suitcase buried 1.4 meters under cement in an informal migrant slum in the commune of Maipú, in the western part of Santiago. He lived in Santiago with his wife and young child. A sister also lives in the city. With Ana Maria Sanhueza, last Friday night we tell the details of this brutal finding in this chronicle.
The Parliament has returned to session after the legislative recess and the Government of Gabriel Boric approached the halfway point of its mandate on March 11. And one of the main doubts that remain, as we wrote with Ana Maria, points to the motive that the criminals had to take Ojeda out of his house in his underwear in the early morning of February 21 and, finally, kill him. Was there a political motive given the dissident nature of the Venezuelan? It is a thread that has not been completely discarded, as this chronicle by Maolis Castro, where he reports the tensions from this case between the Chilean government and the ruling party and the dissidence in Caracas.
Of what there is no doubt: it was the [[Tren de Aragua]], the Venezuelan criminal organization with presence in Chile about three years ago, which executed the murder. This is what I report in this text where it is informed that Ojeda's body had no bullets and that the cause of death was asphyxiation. In this piece by Antonia Laborde we tell the way in which this group has landed in Chile, the crimes it carries out most frequently and the attempts of the Prosecutor's Office and the police to dismantle it again and again.<ref>[https://elpais.com/chile/2024-03-08/el-secuestro-y-muerte-del-venezolano-ronald-ojeda-en-chile-un-final-no-deseado.html]</ref>
The Maduro Regime of Venezuela killed him using mercenaries. Ojeda's family is now exiled in Argentina under the protection of Milei.
In April 2024, [[Marco Rubio]] questioned [[Biden]] Administration officials on Tren De Aragua and [[Hezbollah]]'s influence on Chile under the [[Gabriel Boric|Boric]] Administration.<ref>[https://www.rubio.senate.gov/es/rubio-questioned-biden-administration-officials-on-tren-de-aragua-and-hezbollahs-influence-on-chile/ Rubio questions Biden Administration Officials on Tren De Aragua and Hezbollah's influence on Chile]. Senator Rubio (.gov). Apr 11, 2024</ref>
=== Symbolic changes ===
Boric doesn't want to wear a tie to defy traditions, also during the first year of the government, his Interior Minister, Izkia Siches, used the [[Indigenism|Indigenist]] separatist term "Wallmapu" to describe the [[Araucanía Region]].
=== Abortion and Euthanasia ===
In 2024 Public Account, Boric announced that his Administration was sending a law for the approval of Abortion without restrictions. Also he wants to give priority to the euthanasia law project.
== Foreign policy ==
== Foreign policy ==
=== Views on Israel ===
He is Anti-Israel, Pro-[[State of Palestine|Palestine]] and Pro-[[Ukraine]].
=== Views against Jews and Israel ===
[[File:Boric in support of the "Palestinian cause".jpg|thumbnail|Boric in support of the "Palestinian cause".]]
[[File:Boric in support of the "Palestinian cause".jpg|thumbnail|Boric in support of the "Palestinian cause".]]
Boric showed anti-Jewish bigotry after he got a blessing gift from the Jewish community in 2019, though it was masked under "criticism of Israel" - totally unrelated.<ref>Damian Pachter, [https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/20/chiles-president-elect-backs-bds-accuses-israel-of-genocide/ Chile's president-elect backs BDS, accuses Israel of 'g......e'], ILH, 12-20-2021.
Boric showed anti-Jewish bigotry after he got a blessing gift from the Jewish community in 2019, though it was masked under "criticism of Israel" - totally unrelated.<ref>Damian Pachter, [https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/20/chiles-president-elect-backs-bds-accuses-israel-of-genocide/ Chile's president-elect backs BDS, accuses Israel of 'g......e'], ILH, 12-20-2021.
"His remarks and the agreements he has made have an antisemitic nature, but it's not important what he has said, but what he will do. There is concern for the Jewish community [in Chile], but we wish him success," Colodro said.</blockquote></ref>
"His remarks and the agreements he has made have an antisemitic nature, but it's not important what he has said, but what he will do. There is concern for the Jewish community [in Chile], but we wish him success," Colodro said.</blockquote></ref>
Chile is home to largest Arab Palestinian population outside the Middle East. Many Jews intented first to vote for his rival, right-wing: José Antonio Kast as Chile’s Jews felt under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment.<ref>
Yet, many recent immigrants are Muslim and increasingly incite.
Chile is home to largest Arab Palestinian population outside the Middle East. Many Jews intented first to vote for his rival, right-wing: José Antonio Kast as Chile's Jews felt under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment.<ref>
Alan Grabindky, [https://www.jta.org/2021/11/23/global/chiles-jews-feel-under-siege-from-anti-israel-sentiment-so-theyre-backing-a-far-right-presidential-candidate Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate], JTA, Nov 23, 2021.
Alan Grabindky, [https://www.jta.org/2021/11/23/global/chiles-jews-feel-under-siege-from-anti-israel-sentiment-so-theyre-backing-a-far-right-presidential-candidate Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate], JTA, Nov 23, 2021.
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I came to the Chilean Congress today to meet with members and share the reality of the Arab society in Israel. During the visit, Congressmen @dip_jmcastro and @clabbem also presented me w/ the Chilean Congress medal. We agreed to continue to collaborate in the future.</blockquote></ref>
I came to the Chilean Congress today to meet with members and share the reality of the Arab society in Israel. During the visit, Congressmen @dip_jmcastro and @clabbem also presented me w/ the Chilean Congress medal. We agreed to continue to collaborate in the future.</blockquote></ref>
In September 2022 Boric refused to recive the ambassador of Israel after he was invited with his wife. This after incidents in the Arab-Israeli Conflict in which Boric supports the Arabs. Hamas congratulated the Government of Chile for this action while Israel and its allies condemned it.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-grave-breach-of-protocol-chiles-president-refuses-credentials-of-israeli-envoy/ In grave breach of protocol, Chile’s president refuses credentials of Israeli envoy]</ref> Boric backed down and at the UN Speech said he believed in the right of Israel to exist inside international recognized borders and to "condemn Human Rights violations against Palestinians".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSo8MiKnhI]</ref>
In September 2022 Boric refused to receive the ambassador of Israel after he was invited with his wife. This after incidents in the Arab-Israeli Conflict in which Boric supports the Arabs. Hamas congratulated the Government of Chile for this action while Israel and its allies condemned it.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-grave-breach-of-protocol-chiles-president-refuses-credentials-of-israeli-envoy/ In grave breach of protocol, Chile’s president refuses credentials of Israeli envoy]</ref> Boric backed down and at the UN Speech said he believed in the right of Israel to exist inside international recognized borders and to "condemn Human Rights violations against Palestinians".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSo8MiKnhI]</ref>
=== Hispanic America ===
=== Iberic America ===
Despite being left-wing, he criticized the dictatorships of [[Nicolás Maduro]] in [[Venezuela]], [[Daniel Ortega]] in [[Nicaragua]] and [[Cuba]].<ref name=OneYear/>
Despite being left-wing, he criticized the dictatorships of [[Nicolás Maduro]] in [[Venezuela]], [[Daniel Ortega]] in [[Nicaragua]] and [[Cuba]].<ref name=OneYear/>
He is also supporter of [[Ukraine]] in the war.
He is also supporter of [[Ukraine]] in the war.
In 2022 he criticized Peru's Constitucional President, [[Dina Boluarte]], for repressing left-wing violent protests in the South of Peru.
In 2022 he criticized Peru's Constitucional President, [[Dina Boluarte]], for repressing left-wing violent protests in the South of Peru.
His government had good relations with [[Alberto Fernández]] from [[Argentina]] and [[Lula da Silva]] from [[Brazil]].
His government had good relations with [[Lula da Silva]] from [[Brazil]], [[Gustavo Petro]] from [[Colombia]] and had with [[Alberto Fernández]] from [[Argentina]], despite diplomatic problems such as the leak of an audio of the first Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonia Urrejola, that she said about the Ambassador of Argentina: "You know what? Enough! (Bielsa) does what he wants when he feels like it and the explanation is that he's crazy?".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/25/1084894/canciller-urrejola-filtracion-audio-argentina.html|title=Sorpresa y preocupación: El origen de la filtración, cómo se enteró Boric y las difíciles 24 horas de Urrejola tras el episodio|date=January 25, 2023|publisher=Emol|language=es}}</ref> Argentina's President Fernández didn't wanted a controversy about that and downplayed the topic. On February, 2023, Marco Enríquez-Omminami from the Progressive Party was accused of corruption by the judicial system, he is a close friend of Fernández and the [[Foro de São Paulo]], so Fernandez sent a letter denouncing "political persecution" to Enríquez-Omminami, which Boric said it isn't real and he doesn't want interference in the judicial system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/earlyaccess/noticia/nuevo-impasse-con-argentina-boric-pide-respeto-tras-firma-de-fernandez-en-carta-con-criticas-a-la-justicia-chilena/P4LKUDFNQJHRPMITVAXHODWBAI/|title=Nuevo impasse con Argentina: Boric pide respeto tras firma de Fernández en carta con críticas a la justicia chilena|date=February 16, 2023|publisher=La Tercera|language=es}}</ref>
Also in the Inauguration of President [[Javier Milei]], he assisted to maintain good relations with Argentina. Also Boric has been critical of [[Nicolás Maduro]], affirming that Human Rights have been violated in "Boliviarian" [[Venezuela]].
== See also ==
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