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Weekly Report - 16 June 2016 (WR-16-23)
CHILE: Burgos bails as Bachelet hits rock bottom
President Michelle Bachelet has moved quickly to try and defuse a crisis in her government after the interior minister and cabinet chief, Jorge Burgos, resigned. Bachelet immediately appointed Chile’s ambassador to Uruguay, Mario Fernández Baeza, to fill the position vacated by Burgos. Both men are members of Democracia Cristiana (DC), the largest and most centrist party in the ruling left-wing Nueva Mayoría coalition. The right-wing opposition coalition Chile Vamos pounced on the departure of Burgos as evidence that the Nueva Mayoría was on the verge of collapse. While this is a major overstatement, Bachelet’s approval rating has hit a new low, heightening tension within her disparate coalition.
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