Meghan Ochal

EPES Update: Celebrating 15 Years of the International School

Dear friends of EPES, As we feared at the time of our last Update, José Antonio Kast did in fact win November’s runoff presidential election in Chile, with just over 58% of valid votes. He took office on March 11, with an explicit commitment to overturn the previous center-left government’s reforms in pensions, gender equity,Continue reading “EPES Update: Celebrating 15 Years of the International School”

EPES Update – Fall/Winter 2025

Donate online to support the work of EPES Dear friends of EPES,As I write this, Chile is in the midst of presidential elections, and we do not yet know whether Chile will continue to improve conditions for its people or revert to Pinochet-era policies. It is a tense time for many Chileans. None of theContinue reading “EPES Update – Fall/Winter 2025”

EPES Update – November 2024

Freedom and Dignity at Every Age – Food Sovereignty – Honoring Tere and Charito – Remembering Friends Donate online to support the work of EPES Dear friends of EPES, I can find no better way to open this letter than to quote Rebecca Solnit’s words on November 7 to millions of brokenhearted Americans: You mayContinue reading “EPES Update – November 2024”

EPES Update December 2023: Highlighting Community Gardens

Dear friends of EPES, British politician Tony Benn once said that the human heart needs to keep two flames burning: the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope that we can build a better world. I think this Update will help fuel the latter—it’s sorely needed these days! I think you’ll beContinue reading “EPES Update December 2023: Highlighting Community Gardens”

Special EPES Update: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile

Dear friends of EPES,In this special Update to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, we share with you stories from several staff members who have played leadership roles in EPES for the past four decades, and whose lives were changed dramatically by the coup. Fifty years after Pinochet’s brutal coup, hundredsContinue reading “Special EPES Update: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile”