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Chileans Vote For Status Quo, Choosing Frei; Christian Democrat Leading Conservative by Wide Margin The Washington Post (12/12/1993)
...coalition. His nearest rival, Arturo Alessandri, an independent who represented...four years ago. Where Frei, Alessandri and four minor candidates differed...amending the constitution while Alessandri opposes it. With eight of the...

Presidential hopeful in Chile is a base communities priest. (Fr. Eugenio Pizarro) National Catholic Reporter (11/5/1993)
...the Christian Democrats; the right-wing candidate Arturo Alessandri; and Manfred Max Neef, representing the Greens...What seems most likely is a runoff between Frey and Alessandri. In which case, Pizarro would recommend his supporters...

Chileans starting to have greater expectations of their democracy. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (12/10/1993)
...president. Frei's closest challenger is the elderly, right-wing Sen. Arturo Alessandri, who some polls show capturing barely 20 percent of the vote. Far behind Alessandri come a communist priest, a ``green humanist,'' a formerly obscure...

Compania Chilena de Fosforos elects new board of directors. South American Business Information (4/30/2003)
...chopsticks for oriental cuisine, has appointed Gustavo Alessandri Valdes as its new chairman. The company has also elected Gustavo Romero, Jorge Gardeweg, Felipe Montt, Arturo Alessandri, Francisco Gardeweg and Patricio Claro as new members...

Board changes. South American Business Information (5/5/2003)
...safety matches manufacturer, has appointed Gustavo Alessandri Valdes as its new chairman. The other members of...are Gustavo Romero. Jorge Gardeweg, Felipe Montt, Arturo Alessandri, Francisco Gardeweg and Patricio Claro. Copyright...

Growth for all: Chile. The Economist (US) (11/27/1993)
...days--score about 10% between them in recent opinion polls. The uninspiring candidate of the squabbling right, Arturo Alessandri, a patent lawyer, is well ahead of that, but miles--30 or 40 points--behind the candidate of the ruling...

Chile's Social Security success: unlike America's Social Security system, Chile's pension plan is sailing relatively smoothly. As many countries follow Chile's lead, should the United States also get on board?(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE) The New American (8/4/2008)
...were enrolled in one of the continent's first social security systems (inaugurated during the first government of Arturo Alessandri Palma. in 1925-10 years before it was established in the United States). In 1975 Pinera. who had earned a master...

Mexico-Chile trade fair to be held early next year. Internet Securities (11/22/2004)
...interchange between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the fair.

The president of the chamber, Arturo Alessandri Cohn, said that the free trade agreement between Chile and Mexico is easily the best functioning one and he stressed...

Chile and the Great Depression: The Politics of Underdevelopment, 1927-1948.(Review) The Historian (6/22/2000)
...The author's attempt to depict Chile as some helpless damsel in distress ignores some contradictory facts. Under Arturo Alessandri's Minister of Finance, Gustavo Ross, Santiago effectively reneged on a large portion of its foreign debt, much...

Ruling Chile coalition confident over Saturday's elections. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Financial News) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (12/9/1993)
...of voter support in the two latest opinion polls, published last week. This is well ahead of the second-placed Arturo Alessandri, candidate for four right-wing parties, who scored 18.9 percent and 19.5 percent, and more than the 50 percent...

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