The Kast administration has eliminated the SENCE tax credit to save $300 million annually, according to Minister Jorge Quiroz. The OTIC CChC, AGMO, and various experts warn of risks to mining and construction investments due to a talent shortage. They demand modernization rather than elimination to avert a looming employability crisis.

Cristián Valenzuela, the author of a column denouncing the state as "rotten" and labeling public officials as "parasites," has now become a key advisor to Kast at La Moneda, earning up to $8.9 million monthly, as revealed by media sources. Investigations show he previously earned $33 million in public roles, highlighting a stark contradiction.

Economists and various opposition sectors criticize Kast's mega tax project for favoring the wealthiest 1% and large corporations, with a projected fiscal loss of $2.7 billion. Meanwhile, CUT denounces the loss of purchasing power and the increase in the UF forcing eight out of ten Chileans to adjust their budgets.

Communities from the Huasco Valley reported to the Environmental Court the noncompliance of the restoration plan for wetlands affected by Pascua Lama. They accuse modifications made outside the timeline, additional ecosystem damage, and an attempt to adjust goals to feign success, calling for the rejection of the mining proposal.

Progressive leaders gathered in Barcelona are urgently demanding reforms to the UN, denouncing its "silence" in the face of wars and violations of international law. They propose eliminating the veto, adding new members to the Security Council, and appointing a woman to lead the organization for the first time.

At the IV Meeting in Defense of Democracy in Barcelona, Camila Vallejo warned that digital disinformation is a serious threat to democracies, impacting voting, health, markets, and security. She emphasized that digital platforms are not neutral. Watch the video shared by El Ciudadano.

Despite assassination threats, presidential candidate Iván Cepeda has reaffirmed his campaign, highlighting a grave context of political violence. Concurrently, a massive gathering in Bacayá reinforced the "Zero Fear" message, while Aída Quilcué publicly supported his continuation and called for the defense of life and democracy.

In a public statement, the National Association of Officials of the Human Rights Subsecretariat denounced that the head of the office, lawyer Pablo Mira Hurtado, instructed not to appeal the ruling that released former DINA agent César Manríquez Bravo from prison, a move they warned goes "against the obligations of the State and the legal mandate of the institution itself."

OBCECACIÓN, by the Maule-based company Niebla Cultural and directed by Marco Espinoza Quezada, returns to the Metropolitan Region as part of the DESVIACIONES Festival of Performing Arts and Sexual Dissidence. The play will be presented on a "pay what you can" basis on Saturday, April 25, at 7:30 PM at the Teatro Camilo Henríquez.

The perpetrator, who served as the head of the DINA's Intelligence Brigade, was previously imprisoned under multiple sentences for crimes against humanity, including the kidnappings of filmmakers Jorge Müller and Carmen Bueno, and MAPU militant Sergio Lagos Hidalgo, which occurred in 1974.