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By Cristopher Ulloa. Days before the end of his presidential term, Chilean President Gabriel Boric asserted on Monday that there had been “explicit” threats from the United States against Chile regarding the proposed submarine fiber optic cable that will connect his country with China. “I believe the communications cable is good for Chile as long as it complies with Chilean law and data protection regulations. Chile cannot act under duress,” Bor…
By NAYARA BATSCHKE SANTIAGO (AP) — Chile's president-elect, the extreme right-wing José Antonio Kast, announced Tuesday that he has interrupted the process to coordinate the transition of power with outgoing president Gabriel Boric after friction that culminated in mutual accusations. In the morning, Boric and Kast held a tense and short meeting at the Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago that ended abruptly due to differences over a controversial p…
Chile: Kast halts transition talks with Boric, citing lack of trust over China-linked subsea cable briefings
Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast said on Tuesday he is suspending the handover process with outgoing President Gabriel Boric, arguing his team cannot trust the information it has received on key issues, including a China-linked subsea fiber-optic project that would connect central Chile with Hong Kong.
The Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, abruptly suspended on Tuesday what should be his last transfer meeting with the elected president, José Antonio Kast, and that should address the controversial project of the submarine cable between China and Chile, after a crossing of contradictory declarations between the two administrations, accusations of lack of transparency and lying about this initiative.
The Minister of the Interior, Álvaro Elizalde, referred in La Moneda -and just over an hour later - to the abrupt end of the meeting of President Gabriel Boric and President-elect José Antonio Kast, in the context of the controversy over the Chinese submarine cable and other matters. According to Elizalde, the president made a call on February 18 to Kast and that this instance would have lasted 16 minutes, where Boric communicated the subject an…
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