Chile

• Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:18 UTC

  Kast rules out backing bill that ties abortion access to hearing the fetal heartbeat

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast said on Monday that his government would not push forward a bill introduced by lawmakers from his own coalition that would condition access to legal abortion on a woman agreeing to hear the fetus's cardiac activity.

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• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:37 UTC

  Sixty deputies ask Kast to pardon officers convicted over the 2019 unrest

  

  Sixty Chilean deputies asked President José Antonio Kast on Wednesday to grant individual pardons to members of the Carabineros police force and the armed forces convicted over acts linked to their duties during the protests that began on October 18, 2019.

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• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:11 UTC

  Bachelet places fourth in first Security Council straw poll ahead of Uruguay debate

  

  Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet placed fourth in the Security Council's first informal poll on the candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations, held behind closed doors in New York on Thursday.

• Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 09:45 UTC

  Chilean shipping company weighs a monthly route between Punta Arenas and the Falklands

  

  Chilean company Easter Island Naviera (EIL) is considering establishing a monthly cargo shipping service between Punta Arenas and the Falklands, following a visit to the archipelago in which its representatives held around a dozen meetings with local businesses and presented the project to the Islands' chamber of commerce.

• Friday, July 24th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

  Six candidates to lead the UN debate in the General Assembly with no clear front-runner

  

  The six contenders to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations set out their proposals on Thursday in a debate held in the General Assembly Hall, a week before the formal start of the selection process. For nearly two hours they answered questions from diplomats, UN staff, and civil society representatives, in a publicly broadcast session.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 17:59 UTC

  Chile declares state of catastrophe in the north after storm leaves at least ten dead

  

  Chile's president, José Antonio Kast, declared on Monday a 30-day constitutional state of catastrophe in the Coquimbo region and the Huasco province, in the Atacama region, in response to the intense storm battering the country's north. According to the government's latest tally, the phenomenon has left at least ten people dead nationwide, four missing, and nearly 100,000 residents cut off by road closures. Authorities warned the toll could rise, as numerous areas remain unreachable.

• Thursday, July 16th 2026 - 20:48 UTC

  Argentina-UK: HMS Medway protest, released after the match, reignites Falklands tension

  

  Argentina's government released on Wednesday night, amid celebrations over its team's World Cup semifinal win against England, a note of protest to the United Kingdom over the movements of HMS Medway, a Royal Navy patrol vessel assigned to the Falklands. The protest had been formally lodged with the British Embassy in Buenos Aires on July 13, but the Foreign Ministry chose to make it public once the match had ended, fusing the diplomatic complaint with the gesture of the Argentine players, who celebrated with a banner backing the sovereignty claim.

• Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile

  

  Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buenos Aires and London offer conflicting accounts.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2026 - 08:05 UTC

  Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Medway makes first port call at Chile's Punta Arenas

  

  The British Royal Navy's patrol vessel HMS Medway (P223) docked on Sunday morning at Punta Arenas, in Chile's Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region, on its first visit to the port. The stop, for resupply, is due to last until Wednesday, July 8.

• Friday, July 3rd 2026 - 08:55 UTC

  In Uruguay, Kast urges harsher penalties for crime leaders and total prison isolation

  

  Chile's President José Antonio Kast argued on Wednesday in Montevideo that the region's countries must toughen their laws to combat organized crime, with life sentences for those who lead gangs and a regime of total isolation in prisons to stop them from continuing to operate from behind bars. The president laid out his position after meeting with Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi, as part of an official visit to Uruguay.