Pamela Jiles (journalist)
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Jiles studied journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of ChilePontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two Pontifical Universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. It is also one of Chile's oldest universities and...
. She began working as journalist in the 1980s on several magazines against Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
's dictatorship, such as Solidaridad, Apsi and Análisis.
In the 1990s, Jiles began working in Informe Especial
Informe Especial
Informe especial is an investigative television newsmagazine from Chile. The program began in 1984 and, when in season, airs every Thursday night on TVN.Notable Anchormen:*Carlos Pinto *Santiago Pavlovic...
(Special Report), an investigative journalism program of Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN). While at TVN, she worked at programs such as Mujeres al borde de..., Siempre Lunes, Unas y otras, Contigo en verano (1997) and En debate (2001).
Jiles left TVN in 2001, and began working as celebrity critic in Vértigo
Vertigo
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(Canal 13
Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...
) in 2004, where she — along with José Miguel Villouta and Gloria Simonetti — coined the term "opinólogo" (opinologist), to name those who talk about celebrities on television.
In 2005, Jiles started to work at TVO (currently Más Canal 22), where she conducted Pamela Chile. That year, she appeared in television commercials for Tomás Hirsch
Tomás Hirsch
Tomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, winning 5.4% of the vote.- Biography :...
's presidential candidacy. Shortly after that, on November 14, TVO fired her for "unethical conduct." Between 2006 and 2008, Jiles worked as panelist in Sálvese Quien Pueda in Chilevisión
Chilevisión
CHV, also known as Chilevisión, is the third oldest television station in Chile. Formerly called Teleonce and RTU , this TV station was owned by University of Chile, a Chilean state university...
.
In February 2009, Jiles announced her presidential candidacy in The Clinic
The Clinic
The Clinic is a Chilean satirical/investigative newspaper founded by Patricio Fernández Chadwick in November 1998. The name was inspired by Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's October 1998 arrest in Britain at The London Clinic, which bears the name The Clinic on its façade...
, a left-leaning satirical Chilean magazine, using "Somos millones los Jiles" (We are millions of Jiles — in Spanish the similar sounding giles means idiots) as her slogan. In July 2009, Alejandro Navarro, the Broad Social Movement candidate, announced his presidential candidacy in company of Jiles; this was interpreted to mean that Jiles withdrew her candidacy, but she later denied it on her website. However, shortly after that she stepped out of the presidential race and instead ran for a seat
Chilean parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on December 13, 2009, in conjunction with the presidential election. The totality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 18 out of 38 seats in the Senate were up for election....
in the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Chile
The Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution....
on Navarro's list of candidates, without success.