Chile

Wednesday, November 20th 2024 - 09:33 UTC
Chile: Monsalve placed under pre-trial detention

Former Chilean Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve was placed under pre-trial detention Tuesday and sent to the Rancagua prison under rape charges following the hearing which had been adjourned from Friday.
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:59 UTC
China's Xi Jinping all for deeper relations with Chile

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font in Lima on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Peruvian capital that he hoped to expand cooperation between both countries with free trade and open industrial policies. The Asian leader also highlighted that Chile was the first South American country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
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Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
HMS Protector with Chilean navy paid homage to British losses at battle of Colonel, November 1914

Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1. One hundred and ten years to the day that the Royal and German Navies clashed three dozen miles off the coast of Chile, the icebreaker ship’s crew joined Chilean sailors for a service of remembrance in the city which gave the battle its name: Coronel.
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Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:35 UTC
Boluarte and Boric hold meeting during APEC

Presidents Dina Boluarte Zegarra of Peru and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile held a meeting Friday in Lima in the context of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting to celebrate the 202nd anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, and discuss the support to vulnerable populations, SMEs, as well as bilateral trade and other common challenges.
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Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:25 UTC
Monsalve will remain in custody until Tuesday's hearing

A judge in Santiago Friday adjourned until next Tuesday the arraignment hearing of former Interior Undersecretary Manuel Monsalve, who has been charged with allegedly raping a member of his staff. Whether he would also be held accountable for the abuse of power he is believed to have exerted to conceal the facts is to be decided at another stage. In the meantime, Monsalve will remain in custody at an Investigative Police (PDI) detention facility after being arrested on Thursday at his Viña del Mar home.
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Friday, November 15th 2024 - 10:12 UTC
Chile: Monsalve arrested – arraignment hearing set for Friday

Former Chilean Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve was placed under arrest Thursday to face rape charges after allegations in this regard by a member of his staff forced him to resign on Oct. 17, three days after the complaint was filed.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 12:23 UTC
Macron adding Buenos Aires and Santiago to G20 South American tour

French President Emmanuel Macron will be making state visits to Argentina and Chile as part of his South American tour to attend the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, it was confirmed in diplomatic circles. Macron will first get together with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei to discuss climate change and other bilateral issues between Nov. 16 and 17. Then, he will head for Brazil's gathering of world leaders on Nov. 18 and 19. And then he will travel to Santiago for talks with Gabriel Boric Font.
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Monday, November 11th 2024 - 10:11 UTC
Cadem survey shows 42% of Chileans would like a President like Bukele

According to the Cadem Plaza Pública survey released this weekend in Santiago de Chile, 42% of the citizenry would like their next president to resemble El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, who has an 81% positive image in the South American nation.
Wednesday, November 6th 2024 - 21:25 UTC
World leaders congratulate Trump on his win - still not Harris

While leaders from the world over have congratulated Republican candidate Donald J. Trump on his electoral win on Tuesday which has earned him a second 4-year term at The Oval Office, Vice President Kamala Harris is yet to acknowledge defeat, as is customary in these cases. Perhaps Trump himself was the only one to break that tradition four years ago when rumors of vote count-rigging still gave him hope against Joseph Biden.
Monday, November 4th 2024 - 10:07 UTC
Chile: 76% disapprove of La Moneda's management of Monsalve case

The latest poll published by Plaza Pública Cadem this weekend showed that 76% of respondents during the fifth week of October disapproved of President Gabriel Boric Font's handling of the Manuel Monsalve case while 44% believed the head of state himself was to blame. In addition, 32% considered that the official most affected by the scandal was Interior Minister Carolina Tohá.