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Weekly Report - 15 July 2010 (WR-10-28)
CHILE: The politics of sex and marriage
Chileans who reach their golden wedding anniversary between 1 January
2010 and 31 December 2013 will be rewarded with a Ch$250,000 (US$465) cash
bonus. While passing a decree to this effect last week, President Sebastián
Piñera said he was motivated by “a genuine gesture of gratitude, an act of
justice and love", rather than populism. He was also making a clear gesture to
his ultra-conservative coalition partner, Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI):
some of the UDI's senior politicians have openly criticised Piñera for acting
like a fifth president of the left-wing opposition Concertación and are
particularly perturbed by his recent liberal gestures to homosexuals for fear of
undermining traditional marriage values.
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- PANAMA: Martinelli backtracks over anti-union law
- TRACKING TRENDS
- COLOMBIA: Santos targets ambitious land reform
- BOLIVIA-CHILE: Talks over key 13-point agenda resume
- TRACKING TRENDS
- BRAZIL: Ambiguous diplomacy creates confusion
- ARGENTINA: Soya dispute with China remains unresolved
- CHILE: The politics of sex and marriage
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Calderón drops Gómez Mont
- MEXICO: A return to post-electoral rows?
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Ortega takes another step closer to re-election
- Quotes of the week