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Chile's embattled government on Friday approved a controversial coal mine project in the country's southern Patagonia region, despite strong opposition from environmental groups and local residents. Environment Minister Maria Ignacia Benitez said the government had given the greenlight for the $530 million Mina Invierno project being developed by Minera Isla Riesco, a joint venture between industrial conglomerate Copec's COP.SN and shipping company Ultramar. The approval comes as conservative President Sebastian Pinera is grappling with growing protests against his policies by students, environmentalists and miners.
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Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet is the front-runner to head the new U.N. agency to promote women's equality, several U.N. officials said.

When the General Assembly voted unanimously on July 2 to put four existing U.N. bodies dealing with the advancement of women under a single umbrella with more clout, Bachelet was immediately tipped as a possible leader.

But Bachelet, who left the presidency in March after four years with sky-high popularity ratings, initially told U.N. officials she didn't want to lead the new entity, to be known as "UN Women," because she wanted to remain active in Chilean politics, the officials said.

In recent weeks, however, she apparently changed her mind and is now at the top of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's list, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks have been private.

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SANTIAGO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Eduardo Frei, the candidate of Chile's ruling center-left coalition, won the endorsement of a former independent candidate on Wednesday, which could raise his hopes of beating the conservative rival tipped to win Sunday's presidential run-off. Former film producer Marco Enriquez-Ominami had polled third in a December first round vote and missed the run-off, triggering a fierce battle between Frei and center-right billionaire Sebastian Pinera to woo his 20 percent support. "Given the uncertainty that the right could block Chile's march toward the future, it is my responsibility to contribute what I can so it doesn't happen," Enriquez-Ominami, the son of a leftist guerrilla leader slain during General Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship, told a news conference in parliament.
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Chile has a multi-party system, within a system with two dominant coalitions. This is because the 1980 constitution approved during the government of Augusto Pinochet made it extremely difficult for marginal parties to achieve electoral success.
Partido Comunista de Chile en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Partido Comunista de Chile Communist Party of Chile

Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile Christian Democrat Party of Chile

Partido por la Democracia en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Partido por la Democracia Party for Democracy

Partido Radical Socialdemócrata en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Partido Radical Socialdemócrata Social Democrat Radical Party

Partido Socialista de Chile en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Partido Socialista de Chile Socialist Party of Chile

Renovación Nacional en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Renovación Nacional National Renewal (Chile)

Unión Demócrata Independiente en la encuesta - la opinión pública en línea Unión Demócrata Independiente Independent Democrat Union


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