19-460: Bahia Inglesa ("English Bay") is a locality located near the port of Caldera in Atacama Region , Chile . It is situated at an average elevation of 10 meters above the sea level. As of 2017, it had a population of 535. This Atacama Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Caldera, Chile Caldera is a port city and commune in
38-602: A Doctrinal Council held in Pucón , National Renewal drafted a new statement of principles where they were eliminated references to the coup d'état of 11 September 1973 . On 4 October 2015, National Renewal formed with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), Political Evolution (Evópoli) and the Independent Regionalist Party (PRI) the new centre-right coalition called Chile Vamos . In July 2016,
57-415: A separate party due to its strong support for the plebiscite and a Pinochet candidacy, while the remaining National Renewal party indicated its preference for an open election or a candidate other than Pinochet. However, once Pinochet was proclaimed candidate, the overwhelming majority of National Renewal supported him. The party was founded on 29 April with 351 founding members. In this way, National Renewal
76-541: Is Brunilda González ( PPD ). Within the electoral divisions of Chile , Caldera is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Alberto Robles ( PRSD ) and Mrs. Yasna Provoste ( DC ) as part of the 6th electoral district, (together with Tierra Amarilla , Vallenar , Freirina , Huasco and Alto del Carmen ). The commune is represented in the Senate by Isabel Allende Bussi ( PS ) and Baldo Prokurica Prokurica ( RN ) as part of
95-676: The 1891 Chilean Civil War , Caldera Bay outside the city became the site of the Battle of Caldera Bay where torpedo boats loyal to Manuel Balmaceda sunk the rebel ironclad Blanco Encalada . In 1903, 2,130 people lived in Caldera. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute , Caldera had 13,734 inhabitants (7,237 men and 6,497 women). Of these, 13,540 (98.6%) lived in urban areas and 194 (1.4%) in rural areas . The population grew by 13.9% (1,673 persons) between
114-480: The 1999/2000 presidential elections, who went on to obtain 47.5% of the votes in the first round, but was subsequently defeated in the second round by Ricardo Lagos . During early 2005, the party initially supported Lavín to again run as the sole candidate of the Alliance in the presidential election of that year. However, in face of Lavín's declining opinion poll numbers, Sebastián Piñera announced his candidacy as
133-615: The Alliance for Chile , 20 out of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and currently holds 7 out of 38 seats in the Senate. In the parliamentary elections , also on 13 December 2009, the party gains, as part of the Coalition for Change , 18 out of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and currently has 8 out of 38 seats in the Senate of Chile. In the 2010 presidential election , Sebastián Piñera
152-616: The Atacama desert's coast, but the temperatures are moderated by the cooling sea currents. However, lately the climate has become colder due to the climatic change. The commune spans an area of 4,666.6 km (1,802 sq mi). In 1687, Englishman Edward Davis reached the Playa Bahia Inglesa 6 km (4 mi) south of Caldera. In 1840, William Wheelwright of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company visited
171-562: The Copiapó Province of the Atacama Region in northern Chile . It has a harbor protected by breakwaters, being the port city for the productive mining district centering on Copiapó to which it is connected by the first railroad constructed in Chile. Caldera lies about 75 km (47 mi) west of Copiapó on the Pacific. The climate is mostly warm and extremely dry, because of its location on
190-644: The National Union Movement ( Movimiento de Unión Nacional , MUN), the National Labour Front ( Frente Nacional del Trabajo , FNT), and the Independent Democratic Union Movement ( Movimiento Unión Demócrata Independiente , UDI) – joined in preparation for the 1988 Plebiscite that would determine the continuity or not of rule of Augusto Pinochet who had been in power since the coup of 1973. The UDI soon broke away to run as
209-435: The 1992 and 2002 censuses. Mainstays of the economy are copper ore mining and cultivation of citrus plants which are exported from the port. Fishing and tourism also play an important role. The beaches attract many visitors. As a commune, Caldera is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council , headed by an alcalde ( mayor ) who is directly elected every four years. Since 2016 mayor
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#1733106452277228-490: The 3rd senatorial constituency (Atacama Region). National Renewal (Chile) National Renewal ( Spanish : Renovación Nacional , RN ) is a liberal conservative political party in Chile . It is a member of Chile Vamos , a centre-right to right-wing coalition. Sebastián Piñera , the former President of Chile, was a member of the party. National Renewal was formed on 29 April 1987 when three rightist organizations –
247-463: The National Renewal candidate thus ensuring that the Alliance have two candidates for the election. In the first round on 11 December, Piñera obtained 25.4% of the vote, which was enough to send him to the run-off on 15 January 2006 with Michelle Bachelet . With 46.5% of the vote, Piñera was defeated by Bachelet. In the legislative elections , also on 11 December 2005, the party won, as part of
266-514: The Senator of National Renewal Manuel José Ossandón left the party to form his presidential candidacy in 2017. The National Renewal party, in 2017, accorded support the presidential candidacy of Sebastián Piñera within UDI and PRI to primary elections of the centre-right coalition Chile Vamos. In the parliamentary elections of 2017, National Renewal obtained 36 seats in the Chamber of Deputies with 17.80% of
285-432: The party and launched a political movement called " Amplitude " ( Amplitud ), that aimed to be a new political party inside the Alliance. In the internal elections of 2014 the party, the deputy Cristián Monckeberg was elected president of the party. On 2 August 2014, National Renewal debuts its new logo with a blue and red star gradient colours. In August 2014 the deputy Gaspar Rivas left the party. On 22 November 2014, on
304-418: The region of Caldera. On his proposal the first railway was created in the year of 1851 from Caldera to Copiapó. Its inauguration was on Christmas Day in 1851. Caldera became an important port for the exportation of minerals. The city itself was officially founded on 23 September 1850. The city has been struck by earthquakes and tsunamis several times, the major ones being that of 1868, 1877 and 1922 . During
323-507: The votes and 8 seats in the Senate with 20.98% of the votes, thus becoming the most voted party in these elections and displacing its coalition partner, the Independent Democratic Union. On 11 March 2018, for the second government of Sebastián Piñera, National Renewal has 5 Ministers, 8 Undersecretaries, 5 regional Intendants and 24 provincial Governors. National Renewal has nine party presidents in its history: The following
342-425: Was elected president of Chile . In 2013, Andrés Allamand was presidential precandidate for primary elections, the National Renewal party supported the presidential candidacy of Evelyn Matthei for the presidential election , that lost in second round with the 37% of the votes. In January 2014, three deputies (Karla Rubilar, Pedro Browne and Joaquín Godoy) and one senator (Lily Pérez) resigned to membership in
361-420: Was the first political party to form in Chile after the lifting on the ban of political parties that had been established after the coup; by December of that year, 61,167 members, led by Andrés Allamand , had joined. The principal idea that the party proclaimed was to generate an environment of calm during the return of democracy. The party supported UDI candidate Joaquín Lavín as the sole Alliance candidate in
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