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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 17 August 2018

CHILE: Piñera carries out first reshuffle

Five months since taking office for a second term in March, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera has carried out his first cabinet reshuffle, which saw changes in the education, environment, and culture portfolios. The key change was in education where Minister Gerardo Varela was replaced with environment minister Marcela Cubillos. Varela’s departure has been welcomed by the restive student sector which continues to push for free universal higher education (among other demands), but his replacement has met with criticism.

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