Chile

Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Chile's inflation: the highest since December 2008; Central Bank expected to further raise basic rate

Chile's Consumer Price Index, CPI, in November climbed 0,5%, in line with market expectations, according to a report from the Stats Office, INE, In the eleven months of the year the IPC reached 6,3% and 6,7% in the last twelve months, which is the highest since December 2008 (7,1%), and far above the Central Bank's target of 3%.
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Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 18:49 UTC
Chile's Parliament okays same-sex marriage

Chile's Congress Tuesday passed the bill making it the eighth Latin American country where same-sex marriage is legal, after Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and in several states of Mexico.
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Monday, December 6th 2021 - 19:54 UTC
Chilean carriers bound for River Plate skies

LATAM Airlines is to resume services to the Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este, in addition to increasing its services between Montevideo and Santiago, it was announced.
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Monday, December 6th 2021 - 07:06 UTC
Mapuches strike again in southern Chile

With just about two weeks to go before the highly-polarized presidential elections between radical candidates from the left and the right, a group claiming to be fighting for the rights of the Mapuche indigenous peoples Friday committed yet another arson attack in the Biobio region in southern Chile. The fire affected a house and two sheds, it was reported.
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Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Kast now vows to defend women's rights if elected President of Chile

Chile's far-right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast Friday apologized for previous mistakes and vowed not to terminate the Women's Ministry if he is elected on December 19.
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Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 08:58 UTC
Murder of Chilean environmentalists has leftwing parties taking a stance

Chilean environmentalist Javiera Rojas was found dead in what seems to be yet another case of femicide, but one that has unleashed a series of condemnations from many of her colleagues and human rights organizations alike to raise awareness about the nature of these crimes.
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Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Chile's Lower House votes against legalizing abortion

Chile's Lower House Tuesday turned down a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy by 65 votes against, 62 in favor and one abstention. Thus the initiative will be shelved.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Latin American left wing leaders expecting progressive victories in Chile and Brazil

The Puebla Group, a gathering of left-wing leaders from Latin America and Spain held a meeting in Mexico on Tuesday to celebrate the victory of Xiomara Castro in the Honduran presidential election and looked forward to similar triumphs by Chilean candidate Gabriel Boric in December and hopefully Lula da Silva next year in Brazil.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Famine takes a grip of Latin America and the Caribbean

A United Nations official from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Tuesday announced famine in Latin America and the Caribbean had increased at a higher rate compared to other regions in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:26 UTC
“Chile Day” in UK, British ministers and president Piñera will be attending

Wednesday and Thursday, December first and second, are “Chile Day” in UK, Corporation CEOs, investors, financial institutions, politicians, officials, country experts, diplomats, journalists get together for an annual two-day event with the purpose of promoting the Chilean brand, business opportunities, tourism and export goods.
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