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Chile: President Kast Leads a Security Offensive Amid Declining Popularity

In Chile, far-right President Antonio Kast sent a draft constitutional reform to the Senate on Monday aimed at combating organized crime. With his popularity declining in recent months, he is seeking to regain control with a major security offensive.

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In Chile, far-right President Antonio Kast sent a draft constitutional reform to the Senate on Monday aimed at combating organized crime. With his popularity declining in recent months, he is seeking to regain control with a major security offensive.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The Government sends eight constitutional reforms to the Senate within the framework of its Agenda against Organized Crime and Terrorism (ACOT), with broad public support for the measures.

·Madrid, Spain
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The constitutional security reform that the government announced a week ago will finally reach Congress with a narrower scope than the drafts that La Tercera had published. In this Monday's expanded political committee, La Moneda informed party presidents that the initiative, which entered this Monday, will contemplate eight modifications to the Fundamental Charter -instead of the 11 measures that had originally been proposed - and that several …

·Las Condes, Chile
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The government of President José Antonio Kast entered the Senate on Monday the constitutional reform project that seeks to strengthen the national public security system and create a new state of constitutional emergency of public security, an initiative that forms part of the Agenda Against Organized Crime and Terrorism (ACOT).The project was ... Continue reading "Kast enters the Senate security reform with the utmost urgency: contemplates 8 me…

·Concepción, Chile
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The government of President José Antonio Kast entered into the Senate the draft constitutional reform that seeks to strengthen the national public security system and create a new state of constitutional emergency of public security, an initiative that forms part of the Agenda Against Organized Crime and Terrorism (ACOT). The project was entered with the utmost urgency, so it provides a 15-day period for its discussion. The legislative procedure…

The proposal was cut from 11 to a maximum of 6 or 7 specific measures to unlock the support of the UDI and Evopoli. Despite progress with its coalition partners, the Executive remains far from reaching the 4/7 quorum required in the Senate, that is 29 votes. In RN, there are discrepancies.

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La Nación broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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