Chile

Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Chilean Foreign Trade in first quarter drops some 8,4%, Port Chamber report

Comparing analysis of foreign trade by sea in the first quarter of 2023, reveals that this year there has been a drop of 8.4% in tons handled and an 8.1% decrease in cargo value, according to the Maritime and Port Chamber of Chile, Camport.
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Thursday, June 1st 2023 - 10:33 UTC
One-third of Chileans okay with Pinochet overthrowing Allende

Over 30 % of Chile's population still approves of General Augusto Pinochet staging a military coup d'état nearly half a century ago to topple Socialist President Salvador Allende, according to a study by Market Opinion Research International (MORI) released in Santiago this week.
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Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 12:12 UTC
Lula rebuts comments from Boric and Lacalle

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated on Tuesday that the meeting of 11 South American presidents at the Itamaraty Palace was not a group of friends, but of presidents seeking regional coordination, reported Agência Brasil.
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Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 11:27 UTC
Magallanes Region to the rescue of farmers given the persistent drought

Systems to collect and accumulate water, plus troughs, were some of the implements that were distributed among farmers in the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, to combat the hydric scarcity which affects the whole region.
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Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 10:50 UTC
South American Presidents sign Brasilia Consensus

After the Summit of South American leaders in Brasilia, the 11 attending presidents reached a consensus on cooperation and integration in the region.
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Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Argentina forecasted to become 2nd world lithium producer by 2035

Argentina will overtake Chile as the world's second-largest lithium producer by 2035, according to the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), it was reported in Santiago.
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Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 22:11 UTC
Presidents Boric and Lacalle Pou criticize Lula da Silva's defense of Maduro's Regime in Brasilia

Chilean President Gabriel Boric expressed his strong disagreement on Tuesday with the statements made by his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, who had claimed on Monday that the notion of authoritarianism in Venezuela was a “constructed narrative.” Boric emphasized the seriousness of the situation in Venezuela and distanced himself from Lula's defense of Nicolás Maduro and his regime.
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Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:54 UTC
How the Far Left paves the way for the Far Right, the Chilean experience

By Andrés Velasco

In October 2022, Chileans elected a far-left constitutional convention that produced a text so bizarrely radical that nearly two-thirds of voters rejected it. Now Chileans have elected a new Constitutional Council and put a far-right party in the driver’s seat.
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Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 11:30 UTC
James Cleverly in Chile: Falklands have a right to self determination and to choose their future

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, on a political and trade visit to South America, including Colombia, Chile and Brazil, said the Falkland Islands people have the right to self determination recalling that ten years ago Islanders overwhelmingly voted to remain in the British Family.
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Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:43 UTC
UK and Chile deepen political relations, highlighting 200 years of close people-to-people links

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the Foreign Minister of Chile Alberto van Klaveren met on 22 May in Santiago for the UK-Chile High-Level Political Dialogue to deepen the UK and Chile’s diplomatic, economic, financial, trade, business, and defense links.
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