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President Sebastián Piñera of the center-right Coalition for Change faced growing political challenges in the second half of 2011 due principally to an impasse on education reform between the government and student leaders. The government's harsh response and inability to control the demonstrations resulted in plummeting popularity for both the president and his coalition. Separately, the Chilean government continued to promote the economic development and increased rights of the Mapuche Indians.
The Republic of Chile was founded after independence from Spain in 1818. Democratic rule predominated in the 20th century until 1973, when General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against President Salvador Allende. An estimated 3,000 people were killed or "disappeared" under Pinochet's regime. The 1980 constitution provided for a plebiscite in which voters could bar another presidential term for the general. When the poll was held in 1988, some 55 percent of voters rejected eight more years of military rule, and competitive presidential and legislative elections were scheduled for the following year. Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwin of the center-left bloc Concertación (Coalition of Parties for Democracy) won the presidential vote, ushering in an era of regular democratic power transfers as well as two decades of Concertación rule.
In the first step in what would become a years-long effort to hold Pinochet responsible for his regime's human rights atrocities, the former leader was detained in London in 1998 under an extradition order from Spain. After being released for health reasons in 2000, he returned to Chile, where he was eventually indicted in 2004 for tax evasion and two outstanding human rights cases. A September 2006 Supreme Court decision cleared the way for his trial, but Pinochet died in December of that year.
Michelle Bachelet, who served as health and defense minister under the outgoing Concertación president, won the 2006 presidential election. Bachelet presided over popular spending projects, including the construction of new hospitals, homes, and nursery schools.
In December 2009 congressional elections, the center-right Coalition for Change edged out Concertación in the 120-seat lower house, 58 seats to 57, with the remainder going to small parties and independents. In the Senate, the two main blocs split the 18 seats at stake, leading to a new total of 19 for Concertación, 16 for the Coalition for Change, and 3 for independents.
Sebastián Piñera of the center-right Coalition for Change was elected president in January 2010. The new administration was challenged by a massive earthquake that struck Chile in late February, but Piñera was able to carry out effective reconstruction due to Chile's sound public finances. The government also assumed full control of rescue operations after an accident trapped 33 miners in a gold and copper mine in northern Chile in August. Their successful rescue in October boosted Piñera's popularity as well as Chile's international image. In response to the incident, Chile ratified an International Labour Organization convention in April 2011 on occupational safety and health.
However, Piñera's popularity was short-lived, plummeting to a record low 26 percent approval rate by mid-2011. The government's plan to build dams in Patagonia was met with fierce resistance from environmentalists and protesters. Months of student protests and strikes beginning in April also brought hundreds of thousands to the streets of Chile's large cities with demands for a major overhaul of the education system. Students occupied more than 200 institutions of learning, calling for changes to Chile's largely privatized education system, including free public college education for low-income students. Piñera responded by replacing his education minister in July, and promised $4 billion in new education spending financed by copper revenues, as well as a 24 percent rise in student scholarships. In October, Congress also passed a law to cut interest rates on student loans by more than half. However, the government's attempts to criminalize the protests by imposing harsh sentences for arrested protesters prompted increased student intransigence. At the end of 2011, there was still no resolution to what had easily become one of Chile's most intractable political problems in decades.
Chile is an electoral democracy. The president is elected for a single four-year term. The Senate's 38 members serve eight-year terms, with half up for election every four years, and the 120-member Chamber of Deputies is elected for four years. In 2005, the Senate passed reforms that repealed some of the last vestiges of military rule, ending authoritarian curbs on the legislative branch and restoring the president's right to remove top military commanders.
The major political groupings in Chile include the center-left Concertación, composed of the Christian Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, the Party for Democracy, and the Social Democratic Radical Party; the center-right Alliance coalition, consisting of the Independent Democratic Union and the National Renewal party; and the Communist Party. The Coalition for Change, encompassing the Alliance coalition, independents, and some Concertación defectors, was formed in 2009.
Congress passed significant transparency and campaign-finance laws in 2003 that contributed to Chile's reputation for good governance. A 2007 law further improved transparency by offering protections for public employees who expose corruption. Chile was ranked 22 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Guarantees of free speech are generally respected, and the media operate without constraint, though some laws barring defamation of state institutions remain on the books. The print media are dominated by two right-leaning companies, but the television market is considered highly diverse. A freedom of information law enacted in 2008 was praised by civil society groups. However, in 2011 many members of the press—mainly photojournalists—were detained, harassed, and attacked by the police while covering the environmental and student protests. There are no government restrictions on the internet.
The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally upholds this right in practice. The government does not restrict academic freedom.
The rights to form nongovernmental organizations and to assemble peacefully are largely respected. Although the government regularly granted permits for student demonstrations in 2011, police allegedly used excessive force against participants during a number of protests. Despite laws protecting worker and union rights, antiunion practices by private employers are reportedly common.
The constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and the courts are generally free from political interference. The right to legal counsel is constitutionally guaranteed, but indigent defendants have not always received effective representation. Approximately 75 percent of the some 3,000 documented "disappearances" under military rule have been heard by courts or were under court jurisdiction by the end of 2011. Further, Chilean courts have convicted hundreds of military officers of committing heinous crimes during military rule, though sentences have tended to be lenient.
The government has developed effective mechanisms to investigate and punish police abuse and corruption. However, excessive force and human rights abuses committed by the Carabineros—a national police element of the armed forces—still occur. Chile's prisons are overcrowded and increasingly violent. Inmates suffer from physical abuse as well as substandard medical and food services.
In early 2010, the Bachelet administration introduced a bill that would remove a relic of the former regime—the Copper Reserve Law—which obliged the state-owned copper producer Codelco to transfer 10 percent of its earnings to the military. Public support for stopping the automatic military transfer increased after the massive reconstruction costs resulting from the February 2010 earthquake. Piñera sent a bill to Congress in June 2011 to repeal the Copper Law; the bill was pending at year's end.
Approximately 1 million Chileans identify themselves with indigenous ethnic groups. While they still experience societal discrimination, their poverty levels are declining, aided by government scholarships, land transfers, and social spending. In August 2010, President Piñera announced a development plan for the southern Araucanía region, one of Chile's poorest regions and the homeland of the Mapuche Indians. The "Plan Araucanía" will finance educational opportunities, tax incentives for investors, widespread road building, and construction of both a freight port and reservoir.
A 1993 law officially recognized the Mapuche and paved the way for the return of their land but rather than appeasing the Mapuche, it prompted additional land claims, land seizures, and violence. Over 30 Mapuche accused of attacks participated in an extended hunger strike in 2010, which prompted a change to Chile's antiterrorism law. The law, which dated to the Pinochet era, allowed for secret witnesses, pretrial detention, and the use of military courts in trying Mapuches employing arson and other violent means to reclaim ancestral lands. As amended by Congress in September 2010, the law presumes innocence and carries a reduced sentence for arson. However, trials of Mapuche Indians under the antiterrorism law, and prosecutions through the military justice system continued in 2011.
President Michelle Bachelet made great strides to reduce gender discrimination, including appointing women to half of the positions in her cabinet. She also enacted new laws to increase women's labor rights and to eliminate the gender pay gap. However, violence against women and children remains a problem. In August 2011, President Piñera introduced legislation that would give same-sex couples the same rights as married couples; Congress was preparing to debate the proposed law at year's end.


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Too little too late? Lil Wayne's rhymes are getting him in trouble — and this time around, even an apology can't save the situation. The "Money on My Mind" rapper has officially been dropped from an endorsement deal with Mountain Dew over controversial lyrics that he contributed to a remix of Future's "Karate Chop," which was leaked online in February.
The line in question involves Wayne rapping that he'll "beat the p—y up like Emmett Till," a nod to the historic 1955 beating and murder of Mississippi teenager Emmett Till after the teen allegedly flirted with a white woman.
Members of the Mamie Till Mobley Foundation, which honors both the memory of Emmett's late mother and his haunting legacy, immediately took issue with the verse, reacting to Wayne's word choice with "utter shock, disappointment and sadness."
Mountain Dew and parent company PepsiCo. issued an official statement on Friday, May 3, distancing themselves from Wayne and confirming that they had severed ties with the artist and dropped their joint "DeWeezy" campaign.
"We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward," the company said in the statement. "His offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand."
Earlier this month, Weezy himself took responsibility for his lyrics and wrote a letter addressing the controversy.
"As a recording artist, I have always been interested in word play," he began the apology, which was first published at MissInfo.TV. "My lyrics often reference people, places, and events in my music, as well as the music that I create for or alongside other artists. …It has come to my attention that lyrics from my contribution to a fellow artist's song has deeply offended your family. As a father myself, I cannot imagine the pain that your family has had to endure."
The letter goes on to state that he will refrain from referencing Emmett Till or the Till family in general in any future songs, and that he has "tremendous respect" for those who have made an impact and "paved the way" for public figures such as himself.
Wayne's apology didn't fix the situation, however, and after Mountain Dew ultimately pulled the plug on its relationship with Weezy, the Till family praised the company for its decision.
"Just as Mamie Till Mobley didn't endure the pain of losing Emmett Till alone, many people have stood in solidarity with our family, even if it wasn't the most popular stand to take," Airickca Gordon-Taylor, Executive Director of the foundation, said in a statement. "This decision was monumental, we commend Mountain Dew for taking action towards better social responsibility, and now I finally feel that we can exhale and focus on our beloved Mamie Till Mobley's charge… Let's get on with the business of positive thinking and living."
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The 36-storey Milton Court tower provides 285 luxury apartments along with a world-class annexe to the internationally renowned Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The residential units include a mix of highly specified studios, apartments, panoramics and penthouses.
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You know those nightmarish images of chemical attack victims in Syria you saw (or if you are like me, glimpsed and then avoided looking at) last week? It should be our goal to keep that shit coming, says some Washington think tank jerk in the New York Times Op-ed pages:
... a decisive outcome for either side would be unacceptable for the United States. An Iranian-backed restoration of the Assad regime would increase Iran's power and status across the entire Middle East, while a victory by the extremist-dominated rebels would inaugurate another wave of Al Qaeda terrorism.
There is only one outcome that the United States can possibly favor: an indefinite draw.
By tying down Mr. Assad's army and its Iranian and Hezbollah allies in a war against Al Qaeda-aligned extremist fighters, four of Washington's enemies will be engaged in war among themselves and prevented from attacking Americans or America's allies.
That this is now the best option is unfortunate, indeed tragic, but favoring it is not a cruel imposition on the people of Syria, because a great majority of them are facing exactly the same predicament.
Maintaining a stalemate should be America's objective. And the only possible method for achieving this is to arm the rebels when it seems that Mr. Assad's forces are ascendant and to stop supplying the rebels if they actually seem to be winning.
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The 2012-13 academic year was supposed to be a year of transition and celebration at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth — and, for the most part, it was. But the first year of UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman's tenure was also tumultuous due to a perfect storm of circumstances.
The 2012-13 academic year was supposed to be a year of transition and celebration at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth — and, for the most part, it was. But the first year of UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman's tenure was also tumultuous due to a perfect storm of circumstances.
For Grossman, taking the helm of the university was certainly a case of initiation by fire. The school year began with a moment of reckoning for UMass Dartmouth in navigating a fiscal crisis. Grossman brought the university community together to publicly lay out the school's fiscal troubles and collectively determine ways to tighten the belt, while also avoiding sacrificing the school's core mission and its tremendous progress made over the years.
During the first week of April, a weeklong "Celebration of Transformation" Week served as a homecoming of sorts. It allowed alumni and the community at large to join in the celebration and look back at the university's various incarnations over the years. It provided a good opportunity for the university community, as well as the surrounding community, to envision a UMass Dartmouth of the future.
But the celebration of what UMass Dartmouth has become and what the future holds would soon be overshadowed by a dark cloud that no one could have possibly seen coming. On April 15, our state and nation were rocked by the unthinkable: the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured 260 others at the marathon's finish line.
By the end of the week, authorities determined that the bombings were at the hands of a UMass Dartmouth student, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, and his brother, Tamerlan, who was killed in an April 18 shootout in Watertown. Dzhokar Tsarnaev — a young man who no one expected would have been involved in such a heinous act — had escaped from police that night, leading to an unprecedented manhunt that shut down all of Greater Boston on April 19.
That day, the investigation would reach down to the UMass Dartmouth campus, where the younger bombing suspect had gone about business as usual on campus that week. On April 19, the campus would be shut down as military-style vehicles and helicopters, SWAT teams and police descended on the campus, and officials combed through his dorm room to search for evidence. The search would also extend to New Bedford, where the student-suspect had friends also associated with the university. Authorities would later arrest the trio of friends as well, accused of obstructing the investigation and attempting to destroy evidence.
The bizarre, surreal scene all unfolded before the cameras just as students were gearing up for finals. For the next three weeks, the campus truly became a media circus, with TV news crews and other journalists following all the peculiar twists and turns in the investigation and getting students' perspectives. The world's eyes were focused on the campus.
Throughout the unprecedented ups and downs for our hometown university, though, the school's resilience and strong sense of community has persevered, with students somehow able to stay focused on commencement in this weekend's commencement exercises. Through it all, UMass Dartmouth came together. "UMass Dartmouth Strong" and "Corsair Strong" began taking root on social media, in banners around campus and even on T-shirts. An offshoot of the "Boston Strong" motto that brought that city and our nation together in the wake of the bombings, it became the mantra of the campus community as it sought to stay focused on finals.
The UMass Dartmouth community should make us all proud for the way it has stayed focused on academics and lifting each other up, despite all the distractions they have been forced to endure in the last few weeks. It may not be easy when adversity stares us in the face, but stepping up to the challenge does build character and makes us stronger.
UMass Dartmouth's community has been exemplary in showing us all how to carry on with our lives through even the darkest days. Congratulations to the Class of 2013 and the entire campus community for persevering. The resiliency of the students, faculty and staff is an example we should all admire. Take a bow, UMass Dartmouth.


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This suit is just too fabulous - Absolutely love it!ReplyDelete
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I surprisingly like it, even though it is the same tartan as my school uniform! And hot pink- definitely. xReplyDelete
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I think the matching looks great! The tartan print is chic but festive, and the Converse sneakers give it a very 'you' feel!ReplyDelete
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Perfect outfit! It feels good to go out of your choice of style and try something new, like this suit. Definitely pairing it with converse give it a nice edge.ReplyDelete
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And great details on the jewelry to.
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This blog discusses current weather, weather prediction, climate issues, and other topics
Friday, February 13, 2009
The Weekend
This is going to be a benign weekend with little weather action. We are in a pattern where the storms are deflected towards California and we get some weak cloud bands on their northern side. Today is a case in point....with the visible satellite picture showing the situation (see image). This morning the Cascades were really clear due to easterly flow sinking along the western slopes of the mountains (easterly flow causes drying of the air as it descends). There were also lots of mountain wave clouds.
So in the lowlands there should be temps in the mid to upper 40s for the weekend, with partial sun. The mountains will get some occasional snow showers (mainly late Sunday, nothing heavy), with periods of intermittent sun. The snowpack is a stable hardpack now...and plenty icy. I was going to go cross country skiing...but may wait until better conditions occur. The rest of the week looks like more of the same.
The silver lining? California will get the precipitation they really need.
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- February 13, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Was wondering if you had any thoughts on the Climate Impacts Group (CIG)report.
Thanks Josh
- February 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM
I've been thinking about the drought question. I can't remember what year it was, but if my memory is right, one of Gov. Gregoire's first actions on taking office was to declare a drought. We had had a very dry rainy season until then, so it was justified, but then she was ridiculed because it started raining in February or March and continued to rain almost daily until June. Seems to me that a similar pattern also happened in 2000--I tried to start a garden in May, and the plants pretty much rotted in the ground because the skies never seemed to stop dripping. So, am I correct that a dry spell in early to mid-winter is not unknown? And, that the dry spell doesn't, in and of itself, predict the total rainfall for the October-June period? I'd love to hear from our weather experts on this question! Lyn in Lynnwood
- February 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM
If you want to peruse the monthly data for a particular year, go to
and navigate down to the monthly totals data for whatever coop site is close to you. For instance, at Everett Jr. College, after the dry winter of 76-77 there followed a very wet May with just over 6" of rainfall--second only to May 1948. The trick to finding the data is to scroll down the left frame until you see
Monthly Precipitation Listings
Monthly Totals
You may have to surf around a few minutes to find the right spot. When you first start, click on the map of Washington State, then start to work you way down. Good luck!
- February 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
Although there is some good material in that report, there was a tendency to hype things a bit...cliff
- February 13, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Thanks Cliff
- February 13, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Thank you, Mike of MLT--this is exactly what I was looking for! I'll have to run some numbers and see what comes up. Lyn in Lynnwood
- February 13, 2009 at 3:42 PM
"The silver lining? California will get the precipitation they really need."
Doing fairly well "down here" Cliff.
Hope you'll pardon this following:
A quick hello to all my buddies at WesternUS Wx forums. - The site appears to be "down" temporarily.
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- February 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
What`s up with this little low starting to spin up off the Queen Charlottes? I wonder if the models have picked up on it--maybe a potential weekend forecast buster?
- February 13, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Anonymous at 5:15:
What low are you seeing that I am not? All I see are a few clouds thickening.. maybe.
Could it be that your eyes are just yearning for something to make this next weekend and week a little more exciting? Or is it just my eyes aren't wanting to see it?
- February 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Am also hearing, via someone in BC, of some 'monster' low approaching west coast...off to dig up some more info.
- February 13, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- andycottle said...
Looking at the latest models... the 12z WRF, along with recent GFS models including todays 18z, it appears our split flow pattern will be continuing into at least maybe next weekend as the upper level jet is split in two. This will for the most part have any systems diving south toward our region, diving more toward California with better likely hood of rain down there. As for us, systems will be of the large scale upper level lows... weak lows...that when swinging down the west coast/ just off the west coast, will be close enough to give us maybe a few minor spotty showers/ sprinkles. However, we will remain mainly dry through this time with varying degrees of high/mid level cloudiness for the upcoming work week. The only likely places to get any form of precip up here will be the Olympics and Cascades. But even they will likely remain precip free for the most part. On the flip though, the 12zEURO and GEM model is wanting to drop a trough over us for late in the weekend and into early following week. So will see how things go.
- February 13, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Hey Andy, Where can I find these models online??? or are they closed to the public
- February 13, 2009 at 7:22 PM
- andycottle said...
Rob, the models are certainly open to anyone.
Here`s some links for ya:
Operational GFS..
WRF/MM5 models and Satellite loops..
GEM model..
Canadian model..
Ensemble model charts..
EURO model..
These models can be used anytime, but are good for seeing chances of convective activity over any part of the US..
- February 13, 2009 at 7:48 PM
- February 13, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- andycottle said...
Your welcome, Rob.
- February 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Andy, are the chances of snow still there? How cold could it get by the end of the month? Thanks.
- February 13, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I noticed the systems coming in on days 9-10 and 16-17 on the GFS 00UTC. I just don't know how to tell how cold it will be.
- February 13, 2009 at 8:54 PM
- andycottle said...
It takes a bit of time to know the models, but you`ll eventually get a hang of it. Generally, the lower the 1000-500mb thicknesses, 850mb temps, and upper level heights are, the cooler the airmass will be.
As far as the long term, hard to tell just how cold it will be or if it will be cold at all. As for the snow chances, the GFS models have flirting around with the idea on and off, but I wouldn`t be putting anything on the back burner just yet since it`ll likely keep changing with every model run.
- February 13, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Thanks Andy.
- February 13, 2009 at 10:13 PM
- andycottle said...
Tonights 00zGFS continues the idea of a split-flow type pattern through at least next weekend with systems mainly heading southeastward of the PNW and into California and leaving us mainly dry with varying degrees high/mid levels clouds for the work week. However, the GFS ''might'' be catching up to the GEM/EURO as the GFS now shows a trough/ frontal system coming through for the weekend. So we`ll see. The extended period looks a bit more wet and coolish and perhaps a bit more troughy, but at the same time, keeping the trend of a weakly split pattern. Also, the GFS is once again playing around with the idea in the extended range of some cold and snowy weather coming into the PNW as well as Montana. Thicknesses over us are shown to drop to near 504m with 850mb temps of -12 to near -14c along with northerly surface flow and 10m temps dropping to -10c. But as always, take long term for what it may be worth as the models will likely keep toying around with cold/snow over WA.
- February 13, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Hey Andy,
how extended are these forecasts? How many days out do they show this possible "snow/cold" scenario?
- February 13, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- andycottle said...
Brian...the GFS(NCEP)models go out 384hrs or roughly two weeks. Right, it only shows the cold/ snow starting up around March 1st or so, and that is as far is it shows right now.
You should look at the models more when and if ya can. :O) I posted a whole bunch in an earlier post. :o)
- February 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Okay. Thank you Andy. :)
- February 14, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- andycottle said...
Feel free to keep asking questions though, Brian.
- February 14, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- andycottle said...
Looking at 6z/12zGFS, I see they are still pretty much wanting to keep the idea of a split flow type pattern that lasts into the weekend and maybe beyond that time frame. As mentioned before, this will keep us mainly dry with varying amounts of cloud cover, though cool with highs in the 40`s to maybe near 50. However, 00zEURO shows the idea of a trough or two dipping down over us for the weekend while both GEM and MRF show a wide, but weak and large scale low spinning close enough off the west coast to maybe spin up a few showers in our direction. On the flip side, the 12zGFS in the extended period shows us turning cool and showery and flirting with marginal snow chances over western WA around the 24th and into months end. So it looks like a continuation of current pattern with no real pattern change and or shift set in stone for the longer term period.
- February 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM
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