Democracy came to Chile in 1990 with inauguration of President Aylwin, but its neoliberal principles meant the price was a growth of social inequity.
Government rejects municipalities' request.
Finance Minister refuses to fund deficits in local health and educational services or face their re-centralization. Online 23 September 1997. The climate of anti-trade unionism which was a clear feature of the Pinochet dictatorship still prevails today. However, the system is way underfunded. The majority of the members of a parliamentary commission refused to classify sexual harassment as a crime, arguing that it was too difficult to define and to prove.