1. Oscar Daniel Jadue Jadue was born on 28 June 1967 and is a Chilean architect, sociologist and Marxist politician.
56 Facts About Daniel Jadue
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From 1987 to 1991, Daniel Jadue served as president of General Union of Palestinian Students.
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Daniel Jadue was a presidential candidate in the Apruebo Dignidad primaries, in which he lost the race against Gabriel Boric.
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On June 3,2024, Daniel Jadue entered preventive prison, ordered by Judge Paulina Moya Jimenez, after the lawsuit that businessman Alvaro Castro, owner of Best Quality Products SpA, presented against Archifarp and Jadue himself as Major of Recoleta Municipality, acussing of a millionaire debt on the sell of boxes of N95 surgical masks, gloves and thermometers to Archifarp on 2020.
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Daniel Jadue was finally released from prison during the investigation after the Tercer Juzgado de Garantia revocked preventive prison on the grounds of recommendations by the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, according to Judge Paula Brito, after 91 days in preventive prison.
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Daniel Jadue left Anexo Capitan Yaber on September 2,2024 and entered house arrest, which will last for the remainder of the investigation.
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Daniel Jadue was born in Recoleta, Santiago to small business owners Magaly del Carmen Jadue Jadue and Juan Fariz Jadue Jadue.
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Daniel Jadue is the grandson of Christian Palestinian immigrants who arrived in Chile during the first half of the last century.
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Daniel Jadue is a second-degree cousin of the Chilean soccer referee Sergio Jadue.
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Daniel Jadue graduated from the University of Chile with degrees in sociology and architecture.
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Daniel Jadue has a degree in total quality management from Catholic University of the North, a master's degree in urban planning, and a specialist degree in social housing, from the University of Chile.
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Daniel Jadue has specialized in community management for the last 15 years.
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Daniel Jadue has a vast professional career linked to local development management and local governments.
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Daniel Jadue has been project manager for community development plans and participatory regulatory plans in several Chilean communes.
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Daniel Jadue has carried out research on quality of life, gender, youth crime, employment and poverty in cities in Latin America and Europe.
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Daniel Jadue has participated with presentations in international seminars on quality of life, gender, housing and social Comptroller's office.
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Daniel Jadue was a professor at the Architecture and Urban Sociology Workshop at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile.
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Daniel Jadue was an advisor to the Chuquicamata unions on issues related to the process of transformation of Chuquicamata into an exclusive industrial zone and to some unions in the field of salmon farms in the Los Lagos Region in the preparation of their collective bargaining.
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Daniel Jadue is a frequent panelist for analysis of international politics on international television stations such as TeleSur, RT, HispanTV and NTN24.
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Daniel Jadue is a columnist for El Mostrador and Radio Cooperativa.
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Daniel Jadue was president of the General Union of Palestinian Students between 1987 and 1991 and general coordinator of the Palestinian Youth Organization of Latin America and the Caribbean between 1991 and 1993.
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Daniel Jadue joined the Communist Party of Chile in 1993, a day after the signing of the Oslo I Accord.
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Daniel Jadue was secretary of the Directorate of Communist Students and candidate for the University of Chile Student Federation in 1996.
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Daniel Jadue unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2001 and 2005.
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Daniel Jadue was a twice-unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Recoleta in 2004 and 2008.
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Daniel Jadue is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Chile.
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Daniel Jadue ran for the municipal elections of Chile in 2016 to continue as the mayor of the Recoleta commune.
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Daniel Jadue showed up as the leading candidate in various polls.
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Daniel Jadue's policies included "popular pharmacies" operated by local governments to provide low-cost medicine to citizens.
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Daniel Jadue supports increasing the role of the government in the Chilean economy.
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Observers have speculated that Vallejo's relative youth and large social media presence made her a key asset to Daniel Jadue, who sought to win the youth vote.
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Policy advisors to Daniel Jadue include Ramon Lopez, a Professor of Economics at the University of Chile.
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Daniel Jadue lost the Apruebo Dignidad primary election to Gabriel Boric on 18 July 2021.
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Daniel Jadue has criticized what he deems extractivism and has stated that the country should work to diversify its economy to end its dependence on copper.
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Daniel Jadue has argued that raising taxes on the wealthy is a moral imperative, stating "[w]e need a country that ensures a decent life, it cannot be that families have to go into debt to be able to eat".
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Daniel Jadue has said that the private sector will continue to exist in the Chilean economy during his tenure, and stated that state policy should guide the country's economic fortunes.
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Daniel Jadue favors raising the minimum wage in Chile to 567,000 pesos a month, up from the current minimum of 320,500 pesos.
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Daniel Jadue has argued that Chile must work to diversify its economy in order to end the country's dependence on copper.
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Daniel Jadue favors increasing mining taxes in alignment with neighboring Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia and for the Chilean government to have a stock in all copper mines.
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Daniel Jadue is a supporter of decriminalizing abortion in Chile and has advocated for "free and safe abortions up to 12 weeks".
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In 2021, Daniel Jadue praised the election of Mapuche leader Elisa Loncon as president of the Constitutional Convention, calling her victory "undoubtedly the beginning of a new Chile" that would lead to "profound transformations for the benefit of the people".
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Daniel Jadue has asserted that the popular pharmaceutical model used in Recoleta is superior to that used in the wealthy neighborhood of Las Condes, and maintains that only the former has the potential to be applied nationwide.
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Daniel Jadue, who has stated he has never used drugs, favors the decriminalization of all narcotics, stating that drug users are either "sick but not criminals" or "social consumers" whose liberties should be respected.
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Daniel Jadue has criticized the foreign policy of President Sebastian Pinera, arguing he was too friendly towards conservative US President Donald Trump.
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Daniel Jadue stated in 2020 that he condemns "any type of violation" of human rights following the release of findings by the United Nations that the Maduro government engaged in extrajudicial killings and torture.
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Daniel Jadue has argued in favor of a "mutually beneficial" agreement with the Bolivian government, in which territory would be ceded in exchange for Chile acquiring some gas and water rights.
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Daniel Jadue has clarified that he would only support such an arrangement were it to receive a democratic mandate through a plebiscite.
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Mauricio Rojas, a Swedish-Chilean politician who served as Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in 2018, wrote an open letter to Daniel Jadue to inform him of the crimes committed by communist regimes.
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Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency Juan Jose Ossa stated that Daniel Jadue's platform is reminiscent of that of Hugo Chavez.
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Daniel Jadue has been the subject of criticism from figures associated with the Socialist Party for invoking the legacy of former president and party member Salvador Allende.
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Senator Isabel Allende, the daughter of Allende and a member of the Socialist Party, stated that it "is not appropriate" for Daniel Jadue "to pose as the heir of Salvador Allende".
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Daniel Jadue has been accused by the Simon Wiesenthal Center of antisemitism, which placed him in its "Top Ten Worst Global 2020 Anti-Semitic Incidents".
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However, in June 2021, the press circulated a page from Daniel Jadue's yearbook featuring antisemitic humor, such as references to cleansing the city of Jews.
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In December 2020, Daniel Jadue was criticized for breaking lockdown measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile by travelling between areas that were in different stages of the pandemic in order to participate in several political events.
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Daniel Jadue commented that he had been unaware of the rule that he had broken and that it had not been made clear by the authorities at the time, but that he had no excuse and shouldn't have gone to the area in question.
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Daniel Jadue has been accused of hypocrisy following revelations that he owns multiple properties as well as a Mini-Cooper, considered to be a luxury car.