Chile

Chile's Education Minister Felipe Bulnes stepped down at the end of December to be replaced by economist Harald Bayer. While the outgoing minister cited personal reasons for his decision to leave, we note that he is the second education minister departing the current administration, since President Piñera took office in March 2010. Piñera's approval ratings declined to 34% in December, as tensions with school and university students, who are demanding a radical reform of Chile's education system and have repeatedly clashed with police,

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