Headlines: Indigenous people will be able to draft Chile's new Constitution
Chile's National Congress has reserved 17 seats for indigenous peoples in the Convention responsible for drafting the new Constitution (illustrative image).
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This is good news for indigenous peoples: the Chilean Congress has finally approved a law that reserves 17 seats for indigenous representatives in the future Constituent Convention, responsible for drafting the new Constitution.
This question has been debated in Parliament.
Originally, MPs wanted to reserve 24 seats for representatives of indigenous peoples, but this initiative was rejected by the Senate.
A joint committee then presented a compromise which was accepted.
But the Communist deputy Carmen Hertz does not take offense and violently criticizes the attitude of the conservative senators.
“
This is not a concession we make to the indigenous peoples.
They who have been discriminated against for centuries have the right to political representation
”.
The MP continues: "
It should be understood that their problems are the result of their lack of participation in the political process
", comments quoted by the site of the
Radio Universidad de Chile
.
As a reminder, around 13% of the 18 million Chileans are indigenous, mostly Mapuche.
It should be noted that no seat has been reserved within the Constituent Convention for representatives of Afro-descendants.
Pete Buttigieg will be appointed Minister of Transport
The office of President-elect Joe Biden is filling more and more, we now know the name of the Minister of Transport and it is a surprise because it is Pete Buttigieg, who made himself known to the general public during the primaries democrats.
The 38-year-old, assumed homosexual, the former mayor of South Bend will be tasked with renovating the country's infrastructure, a flagship promise of Joe Biden.
The
Politico
news site is
surprised by this appointment given that Pete Buttigieg is far from an expert in infrastructure.
However, he will go down in history as the openly gay prime minister, which Politico says pleases many LGBT organizations.
Christmas confined to Panama
Panama is the Central American country most affected by Covid-19.
The situation has become extremely worrying.
The Panamanians are preparing to spend a "
Christmas in total confinement
" is the headline of the newspaper
Critica
.
"
Failing to have a golden bullet to kill the Covid-19
, writes the daily,
the government has tightened the restrictive measures
".
In addition to confinement during the end of year celebrations, a curfew is put in place between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.
State officials are requisitioned to prepare and distribute food baskets for poor families.
Faced with the saturation of hospitals, the government has decided to hire, for a period of three months, foreign doctors from the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba.
The situation is indeed very serious, writes the columnist of the newspaper
La Estrella de Panama
.
"
As is the case in Ecuador for example, we are starting to see people who have died in the streets, who have died from Covid-19
".
“
During the first six months of the pandemic, our management of the health crisis was an example for the world, thanks in particular to the containment of the population
.
Just like the government, the columnist is in favor of exit restrictions during the night: "
we must ban gatherings, let's not be selfish but united,
" he concludes.
The Brazilian government unveiled its vaccination plan
It is on the front page of the press which, like
Folha de Sao Paulo
, criticizes the delay that Brazil has taken in the vaccination campaign.
It was only under pressure from the Federal Supreme Court that the government unveiled the vaccination schedule.
It will begin five days after the approval obtained for a vaccine and will last sixteen months.
That said, no date has been specified for the start of the campaign, writes
Carta Capital
.
The
Brasil24 / 7
news site
, close to the left, accuses the government of having waited too long to buy syringes in China.
Another reason why vaccination is delayed with serious health consequences for the country, according to the online journal.
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