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	Senate of Chile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.
		The Senate is composed of thirty-eight directly elected senators, chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 19 senatorial circumscriptions.
		Amendments to the Constitution, approved by a joint session of Congress on August 16, 2005, eliminated non-directly elected senators from March 11, 2006, the day 20 newly-elected senators were sworn in, leaving the total number of senators at 38, all directly elected.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Senate_of_Chile (235 words)

	Chile: Letter to Senator Espina Urges Reform of Laws that Criminalize ‘Disrespectful’ Speech (Human Rights Watch, ...
		However, we are concerned that the text currently under discussion in the Senate preserves the disrespect provisions in the Code of Military Justice (CMJ) and maintains the jurisdiction of military courts over speech offenses affecting the armed forces and the uniformed police.
		While this article remains in force, Chile cannot be said to have implemented fully the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to member states to repeal laws that punish disrespect of public officials.
		In 1999, the Committee expressly recommended that Chile amend its law “so as to restrict the jurisdiction of military courts to trials only of military personnel charged with offences of an exclusively military nature.” (Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Chile, March 30, 1999.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2005/03/09/chile10285.htm (986 words)

	Xinhua - English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wu's visit to Chile was the first official visit to Chile by a China's top legislator and was seen as historic, marking a new stage in the relations between the two countries and their legislatures, Frei said.
		China's NPC is willing to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges with Chile's Senate, to enhance cooperation between special panels of the two legislatures and strengthen consultation and cooperation of the two legislative bodies in international and regional parliamentary organizations, Wu said.
		Chile is willing to further expand exchanges and cooperation with China to push the all-round partnership of cooperation to a new high, Frei said.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2006-09/07/content_5062561.htm (488 words)

	Equipo Nizkor - Covert Action in Chile 1963-1973
		Chile has an advanced social welfare program, although its activities did not reach the majority of the poor until popular participation began to be exerted in the early 1960's.
		Chile had the extensive bureaucratic infrastructure to plan and administer a national development program; moreover, its history of popular support for Socialist, Communist and other leftist parties was perceived in Washington as flirtation with communism.
		The Chile case demonstrates that in at least one instance, the so-called Track II activity, the President instructed the CIA not to inform nor coordinate this activity with the Departments of State or Defense or the ambassador in the field.
	www.derechos.org /nizkor/chile/doc/covert.html (18788 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Republic of Chile, or República de Chile, is located on the southwestern coast of South America.
		The country's current constitution was adopted in 1980 during the military government led by Augusto Pinochet and increased the power of the president and institutionalized the participation of the comanders in chief of the armed forced in the institutional life.
		The Senate which has 38 members elected by popular vote, nine appointed from various institutions such as the National Security Council and the judicial system and the President of the Republic, and the former presidents of the republic.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chile (1120 words)

	Articles:Listing Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chile is close to passing a tough anti-tobacco bill that restricts advertising and tobacco consumption.
		Chile's Senate, alarmed by the hemisphere's highest rate of smoking among teenage girls, voted unanimously to pass a tough anti-smoking law on Wednesday similar to those in Canada and the United States.
		The senators said that the inclusion of smoking areas in bars and restaurants is "not something customary in Chilean culture." Other objections refer to the prohibition of advertising and Chile's constitutional guarantees on freedom of expression and commerce.
	www.tobacco.org /articles/country/chile/?starting_at=15 (1713 words)

	Moneda Palace, Santiago, Chile - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Allende was the first Socialist to be elected president of Chile, but he was overthrown and died during a coup that ushered in 16 years of military rule.
		Allende was born in Valparaíso, Chile, to an upper middle class family.
		After completing his medical studies, he helped to found Chile's Socialist Party in 1933 and was elected in 1937 to the lower house of Congress, where he developed a reputation as a champion of the poor.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /moneda_palace_chile.htm (688 words)

	Chile (08/06)
		Chile has signed free trade agreements (FTAs) with several important economies, including an FTA with the United States, which was signed in 2003 and implemented in January 2004.
		Chile is a strong proponent of pressing ahead on negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and active in the WTO’s Doha round of negotiations, principally through its membership in the G-20 and Cairns Group.
		Chile is an active member of the UN family of agencies and participates in UN peacekeeping activities.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1981.htm (4917 words)

	Fruits and Votes » Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She would be Chile’s first woman president, but the second consecutive Socialist and fourth consecutive post-dictatorship president from the Concertación, which is an alliance of the Christian Democratic party and various smaller center-left parties, in addition to the Socialists.
		Chile has enjoyed not only the highest economic growth rates in South America but also a political stability that is the envy of its neighbors.
		Senators are elected to 8-year terms, and 20 of the 38 (in 10 of the 19 districts) were up for election this year.
	fruitsandvotes.com /?cat=61 (4088 words)

	GlobaLex - Essential Issues of the Chilean Legal System Guide
		The Constitution may be amended on the proposal of one of the members of the Chamber of Deputies or of the Senate, or the President of the Republic, depending of the matter.
		The core element of this new system, which is an accusatory one instead of the former inquisitive system, is that the different stages of the process will be handled by different institutions, in order to guarantee the impartiality of the judges, the efficiency of the investigation and the transparency of the whole process.
		Chile is divided into several administrative levels, the most important are: “Region” (12 plus the metropolitan area, or “Area Metropolitana” where you can find the capital, Santiago), “Departamentos”, “Municipalidades” and “Comunas”.
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Chile.htm (3123 words)

	Chile - Chilean Business Etiquette, Manners, Cross Cultural Communication, and Geert Hofstede Analysis
		The Republic of Chile is a multiparty republic with two legislative houses, the 48-seat Senate and the 120-seat Chamber of Deputies.
		Chile is the world’s longest country – north to south.
		Chile's highest Hofstede Dimension is Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) at 86, indicating the society’s low level of tolerance for uncertainty.
	www.cyborlink.com /besite/chile.htm (1143 words)

	Chile: Political/Economic Situation and US Relations
		Chile has experienced solid economic growth over the past 13 years and is viewed by many as a model for the successful implementation of economic reform measures.
		Chile is governed under a 1980 Constitution--written by the former military government and approved by referendum--which includes provisions to protect the interests of the military and the political right.
		Chile has experienced solid economic growth over the past 13 years, and is viewed by many as a model for the successful implementation of market-oriented economic reform measures.
	www.natlaw.com /pubs/spchbs4.htm (4380 words)

	JURIST Chile - Chilean law, legal research, human rights
		Chile's current constitution was approved in a September 1980 national plebiscite.
		Although the Republic of Chile's founders drew on the example of the United States in designing the institutions of government, they drew on Roman law and Spanish and French traditions, particularly the Napoleonic Code, in designing the country's judicial system.
		Chile's ordinary courts consist of the Supreme Court, the appellate courts (cortes de apelación), major claims courts, and various local courts (juzgados de letras).
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/chile.htm (835 words)

	[09-25-98] Alfonso Serrano F.., Choosing Not to Remember-- A New Chilean Law That Seeks to Abolish History
		Chile's Senate has voted to abolish September 11 -- the anniversary of the military coup that brought dictator Augusto Pinochet to power -- as a national holiday.
		Chile was already sharply divided along political and class lines when the coup occurred, but Sept. 11, 1973, introduced a new, sharp division between those who profited from Pinochet's regime and those who experienced it as a nightmare.
		Chile is an active and prosperous member of the global economy.
	www.pacificnews.org /jinn/stories/4.19/980925-chile.html (729 words)

	DerechosChile - Human Rights in Chile-Then and Now
		But we believe, as do countless others in Chile and around the world, that it is of utmost importance to acknowledge the past in order to recover the clues needed to understand the present.
		Chile approaches the year 2000 with the unforgettable legacy of a recent past marking its footsteps.
		The Derechos Chile site is produced by compiling part of the vast body of information that already exists in the form of testimonies, documents, books, articles, and others.
	www.derechoschile.com (954 words)

	IR // News // Senate approves historic trade deals with Singapore, Chile
		Senate votes on the two trade agreements also were a major victory for the administration's policy of promoting prosperity at home by opening up markets around the world to American goods and services.
		The Senate votes were 66-32 for Singapore, the first East Asian nation to win the status; and 66-31 for Chile, the first South American nation to do so.
		Senators applauded the breaking down of barriers with the two prosperous trading partners — but they were also unhappy with the office of the United States Trade Representative for setting new immigration policies that lawmakers felt violated their congressional prerogatives.
	www.helenair.com /articles/2003/08/01/national/a06080103_02.txt (1143 words)

	globalinfo.org - Jan 14, CHILE (#34508) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The law approved by the Senate obliges companies with over 10 employees to develop their own internal policy regarding the actions to be taken in cases of sexual harassment.
		Chile has one of the lowest employment rates for women of working age in Latin American, at just 36.2 percent.
		Roughly 46 percent of women workers in Chile are employed in the service area (which includes domestic workers), 25 percent in the retail trade, 11 percent in the manufacturing industry (mainly textiles, clothing and shoes), 11 percent in the food industry, seven percent in financial institutions and six percent in agriculture.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=34508 (1343 words)

	bilaterals.org \| Chile
		Colombia and Chile on Friday completed the second round of their free trade talks, resulting in a deal to be signed by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Nov. 27 during a visit to Santiago.
		Chile and Thailand held their first round of pre-free trade talks in Santiago in January 2005, and are set to hold the next round Monday through Friday next week in Bangkok.
		Chile wants a study of regional trading arrangements (RTAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) within the Asia Pacific region, and this is likely to be discussed by the leaders at the forthcoming APEC Summit in Santiago.
	www.bilaterals.org /rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=130 (2230 words)

	Chile Information Project -- "Santiago Times" -- Political, Environment, Human Rights, Economic News; March 14, 1996
		One of the first repercussions from the Concertacion protest was the decision from RN senators to revoke an agreement to concede two committee presidencies to members of the government coalition.
		Senate president Diez took no part in the debate and said he does not consider the abstention by the Concertacion a lack of support for his election.
		Arturo Costabal, Trade Director at Unifrutti Traders Ltda., Chile's largest exporter of kiwi fruit, predicts a volume increase of as much as 10 percent this year, but agrees with Duran that the sizes are most likely to be on the order of 33 rather than last season's 30.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/chip/h96/chip.19960314.html (3285 words)

	CNN.com - Documents reveal U.S. funding for Chile coup - November 13, 2000
		However, a Senate committee chaired by Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, had confirmed that the CIA had participated in covert operations in Chile, and that the agency had attempted to foment a military coup in 1970 after Allende had been elected president.
		"It may be of interest that in 1964, CIA conducted a (deleted) election operation in Chile (deleted) which contributed to the election of Eduardo Frei to the presidency," said a memo, written before March 1969 elections.
		He was returned to Chile, where he faces trial for abuses that prosecutors allege he committed during his years in power.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/americas/11/13/cia.chile.02 (1020 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Chile backs constitutional change
		Chile's Senate has voted to replace elements of the country's constitution left over from the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet.
		The move is being seen as a major step on the road back to democracy, boosting the president's power over the armed forces and limiting his term of office.
		A number of appointed Senate seats, usually awarded to military or police figures, are also being abolished.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4681895.stm (238 words)

	Spotlight on Chile: Recent History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The present-day country of Chile was born out of a very turbulent past.
		At this same time, a Senate was comprised of seven members who's responsibility was to support the Junta.
		Still, and also symbolic, is the fact that Pinochet has stepped down as dictator only to take up a lifetime appointed seat in Chile’s Senate, a right he wrote into the constitution in 1980.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /dchappell/chile/history.htm (1899 words)

	May 22 - Grassley Seeks Resolution of Chilean Trade Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Many members of the Senate, including both of us, were confident that negotiations leading to a U.S.-Chile FTA would create an impetus for U.S. and Chilean officials to resolve problems associated with unreasonable technical standards and SPS measures imposed by Chile.
		Chilean officials are aware of the importance of this issue to members of the Senate.
		In fact, Chile's Foreign Minister Maria Soledad Alvear informed one of us, Senator Grassley, during a meeting of December 10, 2002, that the meat inspection equivalency issue would be resolved prior to the conclusion of the FTA, yet Chile has not yet finalized its regulations regarding meat inspection equivalency.
	www.senate.gov /~grassley/releases/2003/p03r05-22a.htm (558 words)

	Chile acts to amend constitution \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		SANTIAGO, Chile – The Senate has voted to rid the constitution inherited from the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet of two clauses seen as undemocratic, but President Ricardo Lagos said that isn't enough.
		They also agreed to eliminate nine Senate seats that are appointed instead of elected.
		The elimination of the non-elected senators was approved unanimously late Wednesday and the restoration of the presidential power to fire the commanders passed 37-6.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041008/news_1n8chile.html (311 words)

	Chile drops Pinochet's constitution - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chile's Senate voted late on Wednesday to replace key elements of the country's constitution dictated by the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet, who is being accused by several courts of crimes against humanity, corruption and a long list of other charges.
		Senators passed a number of reforms, already approved by the lower House of Congress, paving the way to a final vote in a joint session scheduled for 16 August.
		"It has been a long way to re-establish democracy in Chile," said the country's current Socialist President, Ricardo Lagos, who said that the reform is a victory of all Chileans, no matter their political orientations.
	english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/368/15807_chile.html (638 words)

	IFEX :: WPFC urges Senate to reject senate committee's recommendation, says that "the spirit of 'desacato' remains in ...
		Regardless of all these commendable words, by virtue of this Bill, the crime of desacato, not by name but de facto, remains current in Chile, in an open challenge to the American Convention on Human Rights, of which your country is a signatory, and the recommendations of the Inter-American system of human rights.
		President, we urge the full Senate to reject recommendation #3.048-07 submitted by the Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Rules Committee, and urge the members of your Committee to write a new Bill according to the principles of Presidential Bill #212-347, which was originally submitted to Congress by President Lagos.
		The Chilean Senate has a magnificent opportunity to push the country into the vanguard of the community of nations that respect a free and independent media.
	www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/63987 (830 words)

	Chile Information Project -- "Santiago Times" -- Political, Environment, Human Rights, Economic News; February 18, 1998
		Chile is the leading candidate to buy war planes from or through the U.S. since that country's ban on sales of such aircraft to Latin American nations was lifted late last year.
		Spain's largest hotel operator, Sol Melia, is looking to establish itself in Chile before 2000 and is contemplating two possibilities: to build and open its own hotels with a Chilean partner in Santiago and Vina del Mar, or to purchase an equity stake in two different hotels already existing in both cities.
		Chile's leading beverage company, the United Beer Company (CCU), hopes to increase sales in Argentina by 10 percent in 1998, after sales increased 40 percent there in 1997, said General Manager Francisco Mackenna.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/chip/h98/chip.19980218.html (1562 words)

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