It is demonstrable from philosophy, political science, sociology, law, and particularly from the Enlightenment perspective of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, that following the majority approval of the 2019 Constitution —reinforced by recent decisions— we are witnessing the third major social contract since the Revolution's triumph in January 1959.

As citizens clearly express their discontent, former minister and senator Carlos Ominami urges the government to negotiate with the opposition, particularly with the Socialist Party, to advance the so-called "megarreform."

The celebration of Mauricio Redolés' fifty years of artistic career last year presents a prime opportunity to revisit a body of work that, despite its breadth and diversity, has been systematically overlooked as a subject for literary analysis. However, there’s a catch. We do not have his books. Or, to put it more accurately, the books exist, they existed, but they do not reach mass publishing circuits.

Senator Pedro Araya (PPD) perfectly symbolizes this decomposition: he abstained to avoid giving satisfaction to both the government and his fellow bloc members, as the Executive returned the favor by urgently approving a project that benefits notaries.

Where an earthquake collapses buildings, it also tests the moral architecture of a nation. The crucial question shifts from merely how many degrees the seismic movement reached, to how an organized community responds to the suffering of its members.

The previous government's refusal led by Gabriel Boric to receive Ambassador Mohamed Zrug not only broke a historical practice of political and diplomatic dialogue but also revealed a concerning alignment with Moroccan policies of blocking and excluding Sahrawi representation. This is particularly serious considering that the Polisario Front is recognized by the United Nations as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people in the unfinished decolonization process of Western Sahara.

The same ballots that sparked a global outcry from Venezuela in 2024, elevating Edmundo González as a democratic hero in exile and leading to María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize nomination—who is now claiming them in Barranquilla, the stronghold of Mr. Abelardo?

Women have never been mere recipients of the consequences of war. They have been vital actors in conflict prevention, community protection, social fabric preservation, and rebuilding what wars have destroyed. The international community recognized this reality with the adoption of Resolution 1325, which stated that women are essential partners in conflict prevention and resolution, as well as peacebuilding.

The issue is not that Teresa Wilms Montt has become a sticker, badge, or t-shirt, but that, with so many Teresas in the archives, we always choose the same one: the one posing for the camera, holding the gaze, and perfectly embodying the myth of the cursed poet. The same Teresa that patriarchal literary criticism turned into a character to obscure the writer.

Last weekend, senators from the PS, PPD, and FA hinted at a shift towards compromise by conditioning their support for José Antonio Kast's neoliberal tax reform on receiving limited fiscal compensations.