Medics now wear capes
Marcelo Montecinos THE death of the first Chilean doctor, José René Sánchez, due to Covid-19 yesterday was a sad reminder of what medics have to…
Opinion
The New Degrees of Separation
Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff Covid-19 has separated the world, friends and family members, and now communities in its spread. The separation process has almost…
The Current Chilean AFP Pension System Could Be On Its Way Out
Marcelo Montecinos A new law project has been introduced into the Chilean Parliament that could change how the actual AFP pension system is run, and…
Paraguay May Trigger Diplomatic Avalanche for Taiwan
The Senate of Paraguay voted to maintain diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. But long-term prospects do not look bright. Antonio C. Hsiang Paraguay was one of…
COVID-19 Coronavirus: Unity for Survival
Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler As the COVID-19 virus pandemic impacts peoples’ lives worldwide, society shuts down in an effort to contain it….
Chile’s Constitutional Court “on the verge of corruption”
Gonzalo Díaz Ponce “Before I arrived, there were suspended causes in the TC (Constitutional Court) for a long time, on the verge of corruption’’ these…
Why The Amazon Is Not Our Lungs, And What Conceding Otherwise Reveals About Humanity
PITAMBER KAUSHIK Unless you have been living under a rock, you would have definitely come across one of the stock headlines or earnest tweets about…
“He Seems More Amenable Toward Dictators than Democrats”
“He was all too often more amenable to dictators than democrats.” One would hardly be remiss in thinking this passage referred to Donald Trump, particularly…