Ernesto Araneda Briones

Ernesto Segundo Araneda Briones (7 November 1928 – 12 September 2013) was a Chilean trade unionist and politician, member of the Communist Party of Chile.

Biography He was born in Pailahueque, Araucanía Region, on 7 November 1928, the son of Blanca Ester Briones Mardones and politician Ernesto Araneda Rocha, who had been a deputy for the Democratic and Liberal parties. He studied in Santiago: primary education at Escuela N°46 República de Colombia and at a school linked to Sagrados Corazones de Alameda, and secondary education at the Liceo Miguel Luis Amunátegui. He also served as general secretary of the National Industrial Construction Federation (FINC) and president of the Enfierradores Union of Santiago.

In 1956 he became a regional director (Biobío and Malleco) of INDAP, and later head of propaganda of the Communist Party.

His first elected position was as regidor of San Miguel (1963–1967), also serving as acting mayor (1968–1970). He was subsequently imprisoned in the National Stadium, the Tacna Artillery Regiment, the Estadio Chile, the Chacabuco concentration camp, and camps in Puchuncaví, Tres Álamos and Ritoque.