Piñera I — earthquake rebuilding, CAE, 2011 student protests

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Piñera I was Chile's first elected centre-right government post-Pinochet, governing under immediate earthquake-reconstruction pressure. (a) Economic school: centre-right market-liberal with higher-tax + regulatory-lite orientation — 27 Feb 2010 Maule earthquake (MM 8.8) reconstruction package (temporary corporate tax hike from 17% to 20% 2011-2012, Ley 20.455 Jul 2010), consolidation of CAE state-guaranteed student-loan regime (inherited 2006 Bachelet), Pension Solidarity Pillar rollout continuation, public-hospital concessions, SII modernisation, copper-royalty reform (Ley 20.469 Oct 2010). (b) Left-right: centre-right; market-liberal but with counter-cyclical reconstruction spending and corporate-tax hike on stream. (c) Dated policies: earthquake reconstruction 2010, post-quake corporate tax rise Ley 20.455, royalty reform Oct 2010, Ley 20.562 (HidroAysén controversy), 2011 winter student mass protests demanding CAE reform + free tertiary, 7% Isapre-surplus Court ruling response, 2012 tax reform Ley 20.630 (raised corporate to 20% permanent, tuition-tax-credits for middle class). (d) Popularity: won Jan 2010 runoff 51.6% vs Frei; approval bounced to 63% post-Chile-33 mine rescue Oct 2010, fell into 20s-30s during 2011 student protests; Coalición lost Nov 2013 runoff to Bachelet II 62-38%. (e) Coherence: moderate — earthquake reconstruction dominated first two years; student-movement demands captured second half and forced tax-reform pivot that undercut pure-liberal doctrine.