Boric and Matthei both reject the Kast security reform in Chile, warning about 240-day emergency powers. Plus a Trinidad and Tobago trade deal.
Chile · Politics
Key Facts
—The bill Kast filed eight constitutional changes in the Senate on Monday, 17 August 2026, under Chile’s fastest legislative track.
—The flashpoint a new state of exception the president could declare for up to 120 days, renewable once.
—Boric on 19 August the former president called it ‘a limitation of liberties not seen before’ in Chilean democracy.
Kast salió al paso de las críticas a su reforma de seguridad por pérdida de libertades: “El crimen organizado las ha restringido”
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Verónica Undurraga advierte que nuevo estado de excepción propuesto por Kast podría derivar en detenciones y exilios - La Tercera
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Chile Vamos en alerta: partidos buscan diseño para contener la reforma de seguridad de Kast y no ceder a una “agenda más dura” - La Tercera
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