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Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
LATAM Airlines goes environment conscious for the years to come

LATAM Airlines Group has launched Wednesday in Santiago, Chile, an environmentally conscious plan for the coming years named LATAM Group Sustainability Strategy, to offset 50% of emissions from its domestic operations by 2030.
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Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 06:42 UTC
Chinese vaccine developer eyes production in Chile

China's Sinovac Biotech laboratory is reportedly evaluating the possibility of manufacturing the immunizer in Chile in a joint effort with the local Pontifical Catholic University, Rector Ignacio Sánchez said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Spanish Government pleads EU to speed up trade accords with Latin American partners to contain China's expansion

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has petitioned the European Union to lift all barriers that prevent the bloc's trade agreement with Mercosur to become operational. Sánchez also requested similar action be taken in the cases of accords with Mexico and Chile.
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Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Paraguay beef exports on the rise, mainly to Chile

Paraguay's beef exports totalled over 111,000 tons in January, February, March and April of 2021 to set a new record for the sector, the National Service for Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa) announced Monday.
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Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Foreign tourism in Chile drops 92.6% in first quarter of 2021

Foreign tourism in Chile registered a 92.6% drop year-to-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to a study published Sunday bu the journal Barómetro del Turismo (Tourism Barometer), released by the government's Tourism Undersecretariat and the National Tourism Service (Sernatur).
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Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Chilean unions march to pressure Piñera into taking actions in favor of the neediest

Chile's leading labour unions Friday marched through the streets of Santiago in demand of financial aid and other types of assistance. But despite wearing facemasks and holding permits to circulate under lockdown they were halted at the gates of the La Moneda presidential palace when they tried to deliver a letter addressed at President Sebastián Piñera.
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Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Chile: Case against Piñera brought before The Hague for alleged human rights violations in 2019

Chilean and human rights organizations together with former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed an accusation Thursday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Sebastián Piñera for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 2019 protests, it was reported.
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Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 07:25 UTC
Chile on track to phasing out coal as source to generate electricity

Chilean plans to close half of the country's coal-fired electricity generating plants by 2025, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet assured Wednesday during a ceremony in which the generating company Engie vowed to either close or convert six of the oldest plants by 2024, with a capacity of 800 megawatts (MW).
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Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Piñera's future in suspense after Constitutional Court ruling regarding pension funds

Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera seeking to disapprove of a constitutional reform that Congress passed into law for a third withdrawal of 10 per cent of the pension funds.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile

Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it was announced.