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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 01:11 UTC

Chile

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Chilean tourist found dead in Rio favela

    Rio Police believe the victim was stabbed during a robbery

    A 39-year-old Chilean tourist identified as Javier Valdés Susarte was found dead at a Rio de Janeiro favela, it was reported Thursday in Brazil's former capital city. Authorities are still investigating.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Covid 19: Sales of facemasks and alcohol gel on the rise in Argentina

    There is a considerable number of positive cases in the pediatric age group in Argentina

    Despite the ongoing economic crisis, a sharp increase in sales of facemasks (15%) and alcohol gel (10%) was reported amid a surge in Covid-19 detections, the Argentine Union of Pharmacists and Biochemists (SAFyB) said. In this scenario, federal health authorities have again recommended people update their vaccination scheme against the malady.

  • Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 10:14 UTC

    UN body gathers in Chile to discuss labor issues

    'We need increased investment to create more decent jobs,” Narváez said

    The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Tuesday launched an appeal to intensify international cooperation and joint work in times of great global uncertainty, it was reported in Santiago de Chile, where the agency convened at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

  • Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 11:08 UTC

    Chile launches new fast train service

    The Chinese-built train may run on either fuel or electricity

    Chilean authorities Friday inaugurated the South American country's first high-speed train service. The convoy, which has four cars and can accommodate 236 passengers, links connects Santiago with Curicó in two hours and three minutes at a maximum speed of 160 km/h. Curicó is a rich agricultural production area known for its wine cellars.

  • Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 15:03 UTC

    Pilot working to extinguish a fire in Chile died after crashing on a highway

    Initial reports suggest that the pilot lost control of the aircraft, “colliding with power lines,” and crashed onto the highway near the city of Talca

    A Spanish pilot lost his life on Monday when the firefighting plane he was operating crashed in the central Maule region, as reported by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) of Chile.

  • Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 11:20 UTC

    Boric keen on not mirroring Ecuador's crisis

    A person who commits a crime is also a human being, Boric argued

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday said during an engagement in the Coquimbo Region that his administration needed to do things to not have to go through the crisis Ecuador is experiencing. “We have to ask ourselves how we do things so that we don't get to that place,” Boric underlined.

  • Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:20 UTC

    Chile's health minister wants people to show up for vaccination against Covid-19

    “Every time there are new variants there is the probability that cases will increase again,” Aguilera explained regarding Pirola

    Chile's Health Minister Ximena Aguilera launched an appeal to the citizenry to update their vaccination schedules given the appearance of the JN.1 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, also known as Pirola, of which an outbreak is feared after the strain was detected in over 40 countries.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Jones-Huala extradited yet again to Chile

    Jones Huala might be just months from being released in Chile

    Mapuche rebel Facundo Jones Huala was extradited Thursday for a second time in his life from Argentina to Chile to serve out the remainder of his prison sentence for a 2013 arson attack. Jones Huala was escorted across the Andes by Interpol and law enforcement officers from both countries.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Chilean gov't extends agricultural emergency

    The measure “allows us to support the most affected sectors,” Minister Valenzuela explained

    Chile's Government Friday announced it was extending the agricultural emergency stemming from a water deficit due to poor rains, it was reported in Santiago. With this measure, authorities may keep up the aid to producers from Atacama to Magallanes until Sept. 30, 2024.

  • Thursday, December 28th 2023 - 09:04 UTC

    Chile's state-owned Codelco strikes deal with SQP for lithium extraction

    “We are fulfilling the task of ensuring the state's participation in the extraction of the so-called white gold,” Boric celebrated

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday celebrated a new agreement between the state-owned National Copper Corporation (Codelco) and Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM) to create a public-private partnership to exploit the country's lithium, with the state as the main shareholder, it was reported in Santiago.