Think tank Athenalab: or the business of expert information

by Félix Madariaga (Journalist) Some years ago, to be exact in 2020, the portal www.interfencia.cl alerted us with this title: “The influential role of Nicolás Ibáñez in the new policy of national defense and the law of Intelligence.” Of course, at that time no one knew much about the Athenalab Foundation, of which he is the owner. We quote textually to www.interferencia.cl referring to the Chilean think tank: “Its creation was coldly planned, a…