translated from Spanish: Friday’s Minutes 23072021

The backshots to the candidacy of Paula Narváez and the (in) definitions of the PS
If anything reigns in the Ps, it is distrust. This weekly summary begins with the various blows to the candidacy of the socialist standard-bearer that make up a picture of uncertainty that weighs within the Socialist Party, where there is talk of “betrayal” and where they assume that in different scenarios the community will pay costs. The shootings and calls for order also reached the PPD, after the endorsements of Senator Jaime Quintana, Senator Loreto Carvajal, and Deputy Andrea Parra in favor of Provoste. That is why the president of that party Heraldo Munoz notified his militants that support for Narvaez was without freedom of action. Precisely, the hours ahead are vital to begin to dispel the rumors, uncertainties and mistakes that have been made in The Constituent Unity to define its cards and strengthen its pacts. Full information here.
The right breathes, but with difficulty after the triumph of the “candidate of the businessmen who do not want to lose privileges”
Sichel, the candidate described by the mayor of Providence, Evelyn Matthei, as the favorite of “businessmen who do not want to lose privileges, of study institutes who do not want to lose influence and of politicians who do not want to lose power”, was undoubtedly the great surprise in the ruling party, because no one in his internal jurisdiction imagined that the UDI candidate would be out of the race in his third presidential attempt. Despite becoming a competitive standard-bearer, Sichel’s big problem , according to sources in the ruling party, is whether or not he will have the ability to convince and square behind his candidacy to a pro-government conglomerate that he ignored on countless occasions, and where he left a no less number of wounded along the way. Details, below.
The “electoral photo” in RRSS that came closer than the polls and the digital “trench” that sentenced Jadue
While the polls for a good number of months gave as winners of the primaries to Daniel Jadue (PC) and Joaquín Lavín (UDI), in the social networks, especially in Twitter -the network of greater political interaction- towards the last weeks began to blur the photo that the opinion polls took to give rise to a “digital snapshot”, which replaced the faces of the favorites, by those of Gabriel Boric and Sebastián Sichel. The displacement of preferences, in the case of Jadue – as observed by the Social Listening Lab of the UC Faculty of Communications – occurred from the interactions generated by the adherents of the communist candidate, his “digital trench”, who by defending their candidate from criticism of his character and impulsivity began to behave the same, motivating an anti-Jadue sentiment that ended up mobilizing the undecided voter vote for Boric. Note at this link.
Conventional constituents, conventionalists or simply constituents?

What should those who have been given the task of studying, debating, agreeing, drafting and proposing a new Constitution to the country be called? The laws that gave rise to the process in which we find ourselves are called in the first of these ways, although the second and third are also appropriate, with preference for the latter for economy of language. The analysis is by Agustín Squella.
Kawésqar leader denounces “rain of industrial projects” in Patagonia in the middle of constituent process
Kawésqar leader Leticia Caro expressed her concern for the environment in Patagonia, in the midst of the constituent process where an end to the extractivist model of recent years is being debated. Read the story at The Culture Desk.
Javiera Gómez breaks gender stereotypes in chess
At the age of 18, Valdivian chess player Javiera Gómez has just participated in the Women’s Chess World Cup in Russia and is currently touring Europe, after not being able to continue in the international championship. Her immediate goal is to be able to continue participating in other tournaments and win the most to reach the highest female title: “Chess Grandmaster”. If she succeeds, the young woman would become the first Chilean woman to achieve the category. Despite the relevance of this sport and the great role played by Javiera, state aid is slow to arrive and thanks to a crownfunding she was able to finance part of the trip, denoting once again the gaps in support and promotion of national sport. In an interview with El Mostrador Braga, Javiera also tells how her experience of being one of the few women chess players has been. and how that has influenced his career.

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