Political positions of Sebastián Piñera

Piñera supports Chile's abortion laws, which outlaw the practice in all circumstances. In 2013, he praised as "brave and mature" a pregnant 11-year-old rape victim who said she was happy to have the child.[1]

In 2018, Piñera promised to oppose efforts to expand abortion in the country, saying he will do “everything that is necessary to defend life.”.[2]

Pinera is opposed to same sex marriage.

With respect to the massive 2011–2012 Chilean student protests, Piñera has defended for-profit activity in education and proposed to legalize it, rejecting the students demands for the public ownership of educational establishments.[3] Piñera considers education a consumer good.[4]

As president, Piñera expressed support for the Argentine claim on the Falkland Islands, as "the unrenounceable rights of Argentina on the islands."[5]

After the death of Hugo Chávez, the left-wing president of Venezuela, it was known that on 4 May 2010, during a Unasur summit, Piñera agreed with him a verbal and previously unreleased personal non-aggression pact.[6]

Piñera has declared he voted No in the 1988 plebiscite on whether Augusto Pinochet should stay on power until 1997.[7] In 1998, Piñera opposed the arrest and detention of Pinochet in London, initiated by Baltasar Garzón, arguing that it was an attack on the sovereignty and dignity of Chile.[8]