Chilean political scandals
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A political scandal is a kind of political corruption
that is exposed and becomes a scandal
, in which politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal, corrupt
, or unethical practices. A political scandal can involve the breaking of the nation's laws or moral codes.
See also
This is a list of major political scandal
s in Chile
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Political corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
that is exposed and becomes a scandal
Scandal
A scandal is a widely publicized allegation or set of allegations that damages the reputation of an institution, individual or creed...
, in which politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal, corrupt
Political corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
, or unethical practices. A political scandal can involve the breaking of the nation's laws or moral codes.
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- :Category:Political scandals in Chile
- :Category:Massacres in Chile
- :Category:Riots and civil unrest in Chile
- :Category:Military coups in Chile
- List of Chilean coup d'état a more exhaustive list of Chilean coup d'états
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This is a list of major political scandal
Political scandal
A political scandal is a kind of political corruption that is exposed and becomes a scandal, in which politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices...
s in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
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1800s
- "Scorpion" scandalScorpion scandalThe Scorpion scandal was a smuggling, criminal and political scandal that caused the downfall of the Spanish Royal Governor of Chile, and hastened the Independence movement in that country.-Background:...
(1809) - A smuggling scandal that caused the fall of the Royal Governor and hastened Chilean Independence
1850s
- Sinking of the ship Cazador, on 30 January 1856, off Punta Carranza near Constitución, ChileConstitución, ChileConstitución is a seaside resort, industrial city, minor port and commune in Chile, located in the Maule Region, Talca Province.-History:-8.8 magnitude 2010 earthquake:...
. 307 adults died, Children and stowaway were not registered.
1870s
- Capture of the steamship Rímac on July 23, 1879, during the War of the PacificWar of the PacificThe War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the...
. This caused a crisis in the Chilean government which in turn caused the resignation of Admiral Juan Williams Rebolledo commander of the Chilean fleet.
1880s
- Liutenant colonel Ambrosio Letelier is filed of corruptionCorruptionCorruption usually refers to spiritual or moral impurity.Corruption may also refer to:* Corruption , an American crime film* Corruption , a British horror film...
and court martialed in LimaLimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
after his expedition to defeat the last forces of Pierola during the Chilean occupation of PeruChilean occupation of PeruThe command of the Chilean Expeditionary Forces passed from Manuel Baquedano on to Cornelio Saavedra, then Pedro Lagos and finally to Patricio Lynch, who set down his military headquarters in the Government Palace of Peru in Lima....
.
1900s
- Meat riotsMeat riotsThe Meat riots in Santiago, Chile in October 1905 were the earliest and one of the biggest riots to take place in Chile.-Background:The price of meat was kept artificially high by the government, by means of the combination of a special tariff applied to cattle imports from Argentina, in order to...
in Santiago, Chile in October 1905 were the earliest and one of the biggest riots to take place in Chile - Santa María de Iquique School Massacre ("Matanza de la Escuela Santa María de Iquique") (1907) - The slaughter of hundreds of striking saltpeter workers in IquiqueIquiqueIquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...
at the hands of the police and military forces
1920s
- Ladislao's war (1920) - A phony threat of war in order to reduce voters to opposition candidate.
- Saber-rattling ("Ruido de sables") (1924) - The display of discomfort by young military men during a session of the Senate
- Marusia massacreMarusia massacreThe Marusia massacre was the response of the Chilean government under president Arturo Alessandri to a strike by the workers of a saltpeter mine leading to over 500 dead, over ninety percent being strikers or their family members.- Background :...
(1925) - 500 miners shot dead by the police forces
1930
- Norte Grande insurrectionNorte Grande insurrectionNorte Grande insurrection was a violent attempt against the government of Chilean President Juan Esteban Montero.-Background:...
(December 25, 1931) was a violent and ultimately unsuccessful attempt against the government of Chilean President Juan Esteban MonteroJuan Esteban MonteroJuan Esteban Montero Rodríguez was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932.-Early life:... - Socialist Republic of ChileSocialist Republic of ChileSocialist Republic of Chile was a short-lived political entity in Chile, that was proclaimed by the Government Junta that took over that year.-Background:...
a twelve days socialist experiment in 1932 - Ranquil massacreRanquil massacreThe Ranquil massacre was a massacre of forestry workers by the Chilean Army in the upper Bio-Bio River in 1934. The upper Bio-Bio region had recently been opened for Chilean and foreign settlers due to the occupation of the Araucania, and huge extensions of former Mapuche land were available...
massacre of forestry workers by the Chilean Army in the upper Bio-Bio River in 1934. - Seguro Obrero massacre (1938) - 58 people murdered by police in the wake of an attempted Nazi putsch
- AriostazoAriostazoAriostazo was a brief revolt of the Tacna artillery regiment, led by General Ariosto Herrera, in what turned out to be a non-violent attempt against the government of Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda.-Background:...
a revolt of the Tacna artillery regiment in August 1939
1940s
- Law of Permanent Defense of the DemocracyLaw of Permanent Defense of the DemocracyUnder the pressure of the United States of America, Chilean President Gabriel González Videla enacted a Ley de Defensa Permanente de la Democracia, also known as Cursed Law, Ley Maldita which outlawed the Communist Party of Chile and banned 26,650 persons from the electoral lists.The law banned the...
Chile's president Gabriel González VidelaGabriel González VidelaGabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician. He was a deputy and senator in the Chilean Congress and was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952...
banned communist and like-minded parties that supported him during the Chilean presidential election, 1946Chilean presidential election, 1946A presidential election was held in Chile on September 4, 1946 to elect the successor to Juan Antonio Ríos, who died in office in June of that year.-Popular vote:Source: -Congressional election:Source:...
. Pablo NerudaPablo NerudaPablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
went into exile.
1950s
- Watches affair (1953) - A corruption scandal that ended the political career of María De la CruzMaría de la CruzMaría de la Cruz Toledo was a Chilean political activist for Women's suffrage, journalist, writer, and political commentator. In 1953 she became the first woman ever elected to the Chilean Senate.-Early life:...
, the first Chilean woman senator - Línea Recta affair In Februarz 1955 president Carlos Ibáñez del CampoCarlos Ibáñez del CampoGeneral Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...
met a group of armz officers in order to prepare dictatorial powers to the president
1960s
- United States intervention in Chile 1963-1973United States intervention in ChileThe United States intervention in Chilean politics started during the War of Chilean Independence. The influence of the United States of America in both the economic and the political arenas of Chile has gradually increased over the almost two centuries since, and continues to be...
- Massacre of Puerto Montt (a.k.a. Massacre of Pampa Irigoin) on 9 March 1965 eleven squatters were shot dead in Puerto Montt
- TacnazoTacnazo insurrectionTacnazo insurrection was a brief revolt of the Tacna artillery regiment, led by General Roberto Viaux, in what turned out to be a non-violent demonstration against the government of Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva.-Background:...
1969 putsch attempt
1970s
- Edmundo Pérez ZujovicEdmundo Pérez ZujovicEdmundo Pérez Zujovic was a Chilean politician of the Christian Democrat Party. He was minister of the Interior, Public Works and Finance under the government of President Eduardo Frei Montalva ....
(1971) - Minister during the massacre of Puerto Montt in 1965 was killed on June 8 - Cuban packagesCuban packagesThe Cuban packages was a Chilean smuggling scandal, involving President Salvador Allende, his Minister of the Interior, Hernán del Canto and the Director of the Civil Police Eduardo Paredes. It was cited by the authors of the Chamber of Deputies' Declaration of the Breakdown of Chile’s Democracy...
(1972) - A smuggling scandal involving President Salvador AllendeSalvador AllendeSalvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America.... - Alejandrina Cox incidentAlejandrina Cox incidentThe Alejandrina Cox incident was a traffic incident involving General Carlos Prats, then Minister of the Interior for President Salvador Allende, that altered the course of Chilean history by helping launch to the Chilean coup of 1973.-Incident:...
(1973) - A traffic incident that caused the resignation of the Army Commander-in-chief and hastened the Chilean coup of 1973Chilean coup of 1973The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile. Following an extended period of political unrest between the conservative-dominated Congress of Chile and the socialist-leaning President Salvador Allende, discontent culminated in the latter's downfall in... - Arturo Araya Peeters (1973) - Araya, a Captain of the Chilean NavyChilean Navy-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the...
is assassinated in Jule by Patria y Libertad - René SchneiderRené SchneiderGeneral René Schneider Chereau was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. His murder virtually assured Salvador Allende's eventual overthrow and death in a coup three years later...
(1973) - General Schneider assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt in order to block Allende's constitutional election - 1973 Chilean coup d'état
- For a more extensive list of scandals and crimes committed during the Pinochet era, see
- Rettig ReportRettig ReportThe Rettig Report, officially The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Report, is a 1991 report by a commission designated by then President Patricio Aylwin encompassing human rights abuses resulting in death or disappearance that occurred in Chile during the years of military rule...
- Valech ReportValech ReportThe Valech Report was a record of abuses committed in Chile between 1973 and 1990 by agents of Augusto Pinochet's military regime. The report was published on November 29, 2004 and detailed the results of a six-month investigation. A revised version was released on June 1, 2005...
- Human Rights Violations of the Chilean dictatorshipHuman Rights Violations of the Chilean dictatorshipThe Human Rights Violations during the Military government of Chile refer to all acts of human rights abuses, persecution of opponents, political repression and state terrorism committed by the chilean armed forces and the Police, government agents and civilians in the service of security agencies,...
- Rettig Report
- Charles HormanCharles HormanCharles Horman was an American journalist and was one of the victims of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, that deposed the socialist president, Salvador Allende, after bombing the Chilean presidential palace on September 11, 1973...
, Frank TeruggiFrank TeruggiFrank Teruggi, Jr. was an American student and journalist who became one of the victims of the American-backed General Augusto Pinochet's military shortly after the September 11, 1973 Pinochet coup d'etat against Socialist President Salvador Allende....
(1973) - US journalists tortured and killed by the military during the Chilean coup of 1973Chilean coup of 1973The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile. Following an extended period of political unrest between the conservative-dominated Congress of Chile and the socialist-leaning President Salvador Allende, discontent culminated in the latter's downfall in... - Michael WoodwardMichael WoodwardMichael Woodward may refer to :* Michael Woodward, UK priest, tortured aboard the Chilean naval vessel Esmeralda * Micky Woodward, football manager...
(1973) - UK priest, tortured aboard the Chilean naval vessel Esmeralda (BE-43)Esmeralda (BE-43)Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy, currently the second tallest and longest sailing ship in the world.- Construction :The ship is the sixth to carry the name Esmeralda... - Caravan of DeathCaravan of DeathThe Caravan of Death was a Chilean Army death squad that, following the Chilean coup of 1973, flew by helicopters from south to north of Chile between September 30 and October 22, 1973. During this foray, members of the squad ordered or personally carried out the execution of at least 75...
(1973) - 70 people executed by the military after the Chilean coup of 1973Chilean coup of 1973The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile. Following an extended period of political unrest between the conservative-dominated Congress of Chile and the socialist-leaning President Salvador Allende, discontent culminated in the latter's downfall in... - LonquénLonquénLonquén is a town in Chile, located between the communities of Talagante and Isla de Maipo, within the Metropolitan Region of Santiago.-History:...
On 15 October 1973, 15 men were arrested in the community of Isla de Maipo. Their remains were found on 30 November 1979 in abandoned lime kilns in Lonquén. - Operation ColomboOperation ColomboOperation Colombo was an operation undertaken by the DINA in 1975. The operation involved the disappearance of political dissidents. At least 119 people are alleged to have been abducted and later killed by state forces in the secret operation...
(1975) - Murder of 119 political opponents of Pinochet by the Chilean DINA - Leighton caseLeighton caseOn October 6, 1975, an assassination attempt in Rome, Italy, was carried out against Bernardo Leighton, a former Chilean Christian Democratic vice-president, then in exile...
(1973) - Chilean General Manuel ContrerasManuel ContrerasJuan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda is a Chilean military officer and the former head of DINA, Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. As head of DINA he was the most powerful and feared man in the country, after Pinochet...
, head of DINA, has been indicted in Italy in 1995 for ordering the Leighton murder. - Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito La Familia crashed and involved Jaime GuzmánJaime GuzmánJaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz was a Chilean lawyer and senator, member and doctrinal founder of the conservative Independent Democrat Union party. He opposed Marxist President Salvador Allende and later became a close advisor to dictator Augusto Pinochet. A professor of Constitutional Law, he...
, Luis Cordero, Cristián García-Huidobro and Claudio Arteaga, all founders of the Independent Democrat UnionIndependent Democrat UnionThe Independent Democrat Union is a Chilean right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its main inspirer was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a former senator of the Republic of Chile from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.Its ideological origins... - Operation CondorOperation CondorOperation Condor , was a campaign of political repression involving assassination and intelligence operations officially implemented in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America...
(1976-) - A campaign of political repression involving assassination and intelligence operations by the right-wing dictatorships of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil - Villa GrimaldiVilla GrimaldiVilla Grimaldi was a complex of buildings used for the interrogation and torture of political prisoners by DINA, the Chilean secret police, during the government of Augusto Pinochet. The complex was located in Peñalolén, in the outskirts of Santiago, and was in operation from mid-1974 to mid-1978...
was a complex of buildings used for the interrogation and torture of political prisoners by DINA, the Chilean secret police, during the government of Augusto Pinochet. - Carlos PratsCarlos PratsGeneral Carlos Prats González was a Chilean Army officer, a political figure, minister and Vice President of Chile during President Salvador Allende's government, and General Augusto Pinochet's predecessor as commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army...
(1973) - Assassination of Chilean General in the frame of Operation Condor. - Letelier caseLetelier caseThe Letelier case refers to the killing in Washington, D.C. of Orlando Letelier, a Chilean political figure and later United States-based activist, along with his American assistant, Ronni Moffitt...
(1976) - Chilean politician and former minister murdered in Washington D.C. - Chilean Amnesty Law of 1978 (1978) - "entrenches impunity of those responsible for torture, disappearances and other serious human rights violations"
1980s
- Whithout any explanation PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
's dictator Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand MarcosFerdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
canceled Augusto PinochetAugusto PinochetAugusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
's visit in ManilaManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
few hours before landing. - Chilean constitutional referendum, 1980 was held on September 11, 1980 to approve the 1980 Political Constitution of the Republic of ChileConstitution of ChileIn its temporary dispositions, the document ordered the transition from the former military government, with Augusto Pinochet as President of the Republic, and the Legislative Power of the Military Junta , to a civil one, with a time frame of eight...
as a replacement for Chile's 1925 constitution. This plebiscite has been, and continues to be, questioned regarding irregularities in its management. - Chilean economical crisis 1982-3 By 1983, the Chilean economy was devastated: of the 19 banks that the government had privatised, all but five failed, GNP feel 14% during 1982-3.
- Boris WeisfeilerBoris WeisfeilerBoris Weisfeiler is a Russian-born mathematician who lived in the United States before going missing in Chile in 1985, aged 43. The Chilean government claimed that he drowned, but his family believes he was forced to disappear near Colonia Dignidad, an enclave led by ex-Nazi Paul Schäfer.-...
(1985) - An American Jewish professor of Russian origin disappeared near Colonia Dignidad. - Caso Degollados (1985) - A brutal murder that caused the resignation of the Police Head and profound changes in the political and legal structure of the government
- Burnt Alive case ("Caso Quemados") (1986) - Two youngsters burnt alive during a political protest by a military patrol
- Corpus Christi killings (Matanza de Corpus Christi) (1987) - The assassination of 12 members of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic FrontManuel Rodríguez Patriotic FrontThe Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front , also known as El Frente Patriótico, or simply El Frente, is a left-wing urban guerrilla movement in Chile, named for a figure in Chile's independence movement, Manuel Rodríguez. The group was founded on September 14, 1983 as an armed resistance against the...
in Santiago by the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional later called Central Nacional de Informaciones - Carmengate (1988) - Presidential primary election fraud at the Chilean Christian Democrat PartyChristian Democrat Party of ChileThe Christian Democratic Party is a political party in Chile and governs as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. In the 2009 election it won 19 congress seats and 9 senate seats....
headquarters. - 1989 Chilean grape scare involving two grapes in Chile that were found to be tainted with Cyanide. None were found upon testing
- La CutufaLa CutufaLa Cutufa was an illegal Chilean a clandestine finance syndicate that offered investors, mostly officers of the Chilean army, tax-free interest rates of 20% a month. After a dissatified investor was murdered, 4 generals and 16 officers were cashiered and 200 sanctioned...
a clandestine finance syndicate offered investors, mostly officers of the army, tax-free interest rates of 20% a month. After a dissatified investor was murdered, 4 generals and 16 officers were cashiered and 200 sanctioned.
1990s
- Jonathan MoyleJonathan MoyleJonathan Moyle, the 28-year-old editor of the magazine 'Defence Helicopter World' and former RAF helicopter pilot, was found dead in room 1406 of Santiago's Hotel Carrera on 31. March, 1990. His purpose in Santiago was to attend a Chilean sponsored defence conference.-The circumtances:He was found...
, a UK journalist, was found dead in Santiago de Chile in March, 1990 - PinochequesPinochequesPinocheques were three Cheques of total USD 3,000,000 paid in mid-1989 by the Chilean army to Augusto Pinochet, Jr., the son of Augusto Pinochet for the purchase of bankrupt "Valmoval", a small rifle company in 1987....
A corruption scandal involving the eldest son of Augusto PinochetAugusto PinochetAugusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
. - Operation Silence (1991) DINE (successor to DINA) assists several military and DINA officers wanted for human rights abuse to escape from Chile (including Eugenio BerriosEugenio BerríosEugenio Berríos Sagredo was a Chilean biochemist who worked for the DINA intelligence agency.Berríos was charged with carrying outProyecto Andrea in which Pinochet ordered the production of sarin gas, a chemical weapon used by the DINA. Sarin gas leaves no trace and victims' deaths closely mimic...
, Arturo Sanhueza Ross, Carlos Herrera Jiménez) - Illegal sales of weapons to Croatia: The deal involved 370 tons of weapons, sold to Croatia by Chile on 7 December 1991, when the former country was under a United Nations' embargo because of the support for Croatia war in Yugoslavia.
- Piñeragate (1992) - Political espionage and eavesdropping
- Gerardo HuberGerardo HuberGerardo Huber Olivares was a Chilean Army Colonel and agent of the DINA, Chile's intelligence agency. He was in charge of purchasing weapons abroad for the army...
(1992) - Assassination of a former DINA officer involved in an illegal arms deal with Croatia - Eugenio BerríosEugenio BerríosEugenio Berríos Sagredo was a Chilean biochemist who worked for the DINA intelligence agency.Berríos was charged with carrying outProyecto Andrea in which Pinochet ordered the production of sarin gas, a chemical weapon used by the DINA. Sarin gas leaves no trace and victims' deaths closely mimic...
(1995) - Assassination of a DINA biochemist - Illegal sales of weapons to Ecuador during the Cenepa warCenepa WarThe Cenepa War , also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of a disputed area on the border between the two countries...
- Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trialAugusto Pinochet's arrest and trialGeneral Augusto Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in his native Chile by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón on 10 October 1998. He was arrested in London six days later and finally released by the British government in March 2000...
(1998)
2000s
- Inverlink caseInverlink caseInverlink was one of the most aggressive financial groups in Chile at the beginning of the 2000's. The group was engaged in pension fund administration, general insurance, private health care insurance, mutual funds and stocks, and leasing...
(2003) - 79 billion pesosChilean pesoThe peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...
swindle against a government organization in charge of promoting economic development - MOP-Gate caseMOP-Gate caseIn 2003 judge Gloria Ana Chevesich initiated a probe of corruption at the Ministry of Public Works – a case known as MOP-Gate Case: contractors got from the MOP 1,250 million Chilean Peso for non-executed or overpriced works...
(2003) - Triangulation of public money to finance payolas to government employees - Spiniak case (2004) - Pedophilia case allegedly involving congressmen and businessmen
- Tragedy of AntucoTragedy of AntucoOn May 18 2005 Major of the Chilean Army Patricio Cereceda, on a routine training mission, ordered 474 conscripts of the 17th Regiment of Los Ángeles to march 28-km along the side of the Antuco volcano at altitudes of and in spite of some sergeants and corporals appeals to Cereceda to cancel the...
(2005) - The death of at least 45 soldiers in a military exercise in the mountains that went tragically wrong. - 2006–2007 Chilean corruption scandals2006–2007 Chilean corruption scandalsThe 2006–2007 Chilean corruption scandals are a series of events that have affected the Chilean governing Concertación coalition since October 2006.- Chiledeportes :...
- Colonia DignidadColonia DignidadVilla Baviera , formerly known as Colonia Dignidad is a hamlet in Parral Commune, Linares Province, Maule Region, Chile. Located in an isolated area of central Chile, it lies 35 km southeast of the city of Parral, on the north bank of the Perquilauquén River. It was founded by a group of German...
- Concentration camp directed by child molester Paul SchäferPaul SchäferPaul Schäfer Schneider was the founder and former leader of a sect and agricultural commune of German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad —later renamed Villa Baviera—located in the south of Chile, about 340 km south of Santiago... - Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del EstadoEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del EstadoEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado is the national railway of Chile.The track gauge is Indian gauge in the south and metre gauge in the north.-History:...
- Questionable management that led to the near bankruptcy of the State Railway Company
2010s
- 2010 Santiago prison fire killed 81 inmates in Chile's deadliest prison incident
- Karadima caseKaradima caseIn February 2011 after seven years of a catholic canonical investigation, the Vatican found the Reverend Fernando Karadima guilty of sexually abusing minors in Chile and sent him to a “life of prayer and penitence” and to “lifelong prohibition from the public exercise of any ministerial act,...
(2010-ongoing) - Pedophilia case involving Catholic priest Fernando Karadima and an alleged protection network which includes Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz and businessman Eliodoro Matte. - Kodama caseKodama case2011 the Chilean Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning under the direction of Magdalena Matte signed a judicial settlement that authorized the payment of 17,000 millions CLP to building contractor "Consorcio de Construcciones Kodama Ltda." for works that were valued in maximal 3,000 millions CLP...
(2010-11) - The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning was ready to pay 17,000,000,000 Chilean Pesos (approximately 24,000,000 EuroEuroThe euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
in 2011) to a building contractor "Kodama" for works that were valued in maximal 3,000,000,000 Chilean Pesos by Institute for Experimentation and Research of Materials , IDIEM of the University of Chile.