Sebastian Pinera
Sebastian Pinera
Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique; born December 1, 1949), more commonly known as Sebastián Piñera, is a Chilean politician and businessman. He was President of Chile between 2010 and 2014...
NationalityChilean
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 December 1949
CitySantiago, Chile
CountryChile
country heard latin left
No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.
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Chile isn't the biggest, richest or most powerful country in the world, but we should dedicate ourselves to transforming it into the best country in the world. We don't have a single minute to lose.
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On one hand, it is very important that democracy and human rights be defended across borders. But it is also very important to respect the right of each country to choose its own path.
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Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to help the countries with problems, and they just want them to tighten their belts.
country world usual
Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.
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Chile is not a rich country in terms of gas, or oil or coal, but we are extremely rich in terms of the energies of the future.
change government
We need a change of government after these 16 years.
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We've got to move beyond the idea that the public and private sectors are at odds. Government has to lay the groundwork for private equity to productively invest in things like education. It's a partnership, not a battle.
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I want to say to the president elect of Chile, we're going to be a firm and constructive opposition. It's a promise to our country.
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There is a trend toward the left and populism that causes problems. The future president will have to face this with firmness and defend Chile's interests with energy.
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The brutal, massive and shameless intervention of the government that we witnessed in the last months has diminished the legitimacy of this election.
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I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.
assert leadership
I think the U.S. should assert its leadership in a more effective way.
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Whatever happens, we want a meeting to propose a constructive opposition to the future government.