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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 19:49 UTC

Chile

  • Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Pacific Alliance: Peru takes over pro tempore presidency

    Since its beginnings in 2011, the Pacific Alliance constituted “an integration mechanism that was pragmatic, free of politicization,” Gervasi said

    During a ceremony held Tuesday in Santiago, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi received the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance from her Chilean counterpart Alberto van Klaveren, thus bringing to an end the controversy sparked when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) refused to acknowledge Dina Boluarte as the legitimate head of state following Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment on Dec. 7 last.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Five killed in Chilean Air Force helicopter crash

    The FACH Bell-412 aircraft was performing a night flight training mission

    All five occupants of a Chilean Air Force (FACH) helicopter that crashed Monday in the Los Lagos Region were reported dead, according to an official statement. A Bell-412 aircraft belonging to Aviation Group No. 5 suffered an accident at approximately 8.30 pm in the sector of La Cumbre, in the commune of San Juan de la Costa, according to local media.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Extradition of Mapuche leader to Chile granted, but appeals will ensue

    Jones-Huala was arrested in the town of El Bolsón earlier this year

    A federal judge in Bariloche Monday ruled in favor of extraditing Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones-Huala to Chile under the recommendation that the days he spent in detention in Argentina be counted as time served.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 11:39 UTC

    Chile: HIV cases 7% up in one year

    Chilean health authorities have reported 644 deaths associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2021, while some 84,000 people are estimated to be living with the disease in the South American country. According to the Institute of Public Health (ISP), 5,401 infections were confirmed in 2022 with the highest rates of infections detected in the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, and Antofagasta. Chile's Health Ministry (Minsal) points out that the figures are consistent with the increase in testing.

  • Friday, July 28th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Poverty in Chile hits historic low

    “This news shows that we are moving in the right direction,” Boric said

    According to the National Socioeconomic Characterization Survey (Casen) conducted by the Ministry of Social Development and Family with the collaboration of the University of Chile released Thursday, poverty in the South American country reached a historic low, falling from 10.7% in 2020 to 6.5%.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Chile: No house arrest for those convicted of human rights violations

    “Crimes against humanity are unamnestible,” Cordero said

    The Chilean administration of President Gabriel Boric Font Friday spoke against granting house arrest to military personnel convicted of human rights violations during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990). Justice Minister Luis Cordero denounced a proposal submitted by the ultra-right Republican Party in this regard.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Chile: Senate finds Commission Against Disinformation unconstitutional

    Senator Carmen Gloria Aravena was among those who voted in favor of the motion

    Chile's Senate Wednesday approved by 18 votes to 11 and 3 abstentions a draft seeking to declare President Gabriel Boric Font's Commission against Disinformation unconstitutional, it was reported in Santiago.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Russia v Ukraine: “Tomorrow it could be us,” says Chilean president

    International law “has clearly been violated not by the two parties, but by one party that is an invader, which is Russia,” Boric said

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday urged his fellow Latin American leaders in Brussels during the EU-Celac summit to recognize Russia's aggression against Ukraine and warned that “tomorrow it could be us.”

  • Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:55 UTC

    Strong quake hits Argentina and Chile

    No damages were reported and there was no risk of tsunami on the Chilean coast

    Argentina's National Institute of Seismic Prevention (Inpres) Monday reported an earthquake at 00:05 local time (03:05 GMT), at a depth of 214 kilometers, with its epicenter 240 kilometers west of the city of Neuquén, and 14 kilometers south of the small town of Loncopué.

  • Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Majority of Chilean public opinion, 71%, believes “the country is corrupt,” despite a better performance of Boric

    Opinion poll Cadem shows the support to Chilean president Boric has increased one point, 28% to 29% and disapproval has dropped from 67% to 64%

    The erratic government of Chilean president Gabriel Boric, who this week is on a European tour of several countries managed a one point increase support in the latest performance poll, but a clear majority of interviews also pointed out that they consider Chile, “a corrupt country”.