The Chilean government, Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency to be specific, has launched a channel on YouTube with the purpose of opening the conversation between government authorities and the public.

Definitely a good initiative to reach a younger audience and voters. It seems like they have also left comments open without moderation - which is a good thing, anything else would have been seen as censorship, especially coming from the government. I just hope that viewers will actually get a response to their comments.

Current video topics range from Iraq, violence, gas to football (the real football). While their site could use a little design work, overall it is refreshing to see the use of such a communication channel by a government in the Latin American region.