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Montevideo, April 26th 2025 - 09:01 UTC

Chile

  • Friday, April 25th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Global vaccination rates declining

    Chilean at-risk workers must be given half a day off to get the shots, Minister Boccardo recalled

    The World Health Organization (WHO) said global vaccination rates were declining, raising concerns about rising preventable diseases like measles (10.3 million cases in 2023, up 20%), meningitis, and yellow fever, driven by misinformation, humanitarian crises, population growth, and budget cuts.

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  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

    Chile gives nod to pork imports from Brazilian State of Paraná

    Paraná is Brazil's third pork exporting State

    Chile has officially recognized the Brazilian State of Paraná as a region free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, allowing imports of pork from this area, it was announced Wednesday during President Gabriel Boric Font's visit to South America's largest country, and confirmed by Chile’s Agriculture Minister Esteban Valenzuela. Chile has also been reported to be negotiating meat imports from other Brazilian states, meeting its phytosanitary standards. In exchange, Brazil has opened its market to Chilean honey imports.

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  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil and Chile sign 13 agreements, including two key defense ones

    Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano and José Mucio Monteiro agreed to join forces to tackle common challenges

    Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano of Chile and José Mucio Monteiro of Brazil signed Tuesday two agreements: one for exchanging instructor officers between Chile’s Joint Peace Operations Training Center (Cecopac) and its Brazilian counterpart (Ccopab) to enhance peacekeeping training, and another for academic cooperation between Chile’s National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE) and the Brazilian Defense College (ESD) to advance research and training in security and defense.

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  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Lula and Boric highlight bilateral trade opportunities

    “Trade is about bringing people together,” Boric told Lula at th3e Business Forum

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Tuesday advocated for stronger trade relations between their countries at a Business Forum in Brasília. Lula encouraged Brazilian businesspeople to import more Chilean products to balance trade and emphasized fairness in business dealings.

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  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Boric lands in Brazil for 4-day State visit

    Boric and Lula are to discuss several strategic issues for the region

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font landed at the Brasilia Air Base Monday for a four-day state visit, during which he will meet President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasilia to strengthen bilateral ties, among other engagements.

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  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Boric condemns presidential hopeful's remarks regarding Pinochet's regime

    Matthei said the coup was necessary to keep Chile from becoming th next Cuba

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font strongly condemned opposition leader Evelyn Matthei’s justification of the 1973 coup d’état that overthrew Salvador Allende. Boric insisted that Augusto Pinochet Ugarte's military dictatorship (1973-1990) was “criminal and illegitimate” and noted that nothing justified the murders, disappearances, tortures, and exiles that ensued

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  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

    Boric unveils strategy to speed up construction of Bioceanic Road Corridor

    “We are going to strengthen and improve the public infrastructure of the corridor,” Boric pledged

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday unveiled his country's plan to speed up the construction of the Bioceanic Road Corridor, a 2,400 km highway linking northern Chile with Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. The initiative includes 22 infrastructure projects to enhance roads, customs, police checkpoints, and ports like Iquique, Mejillones, and Antofagasta.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Chile: Libertadores Cup match halted after two fans die

    “On behalf of the Government, we deeply regret these deaths,” Cordero said

    Two fans of Chilean football club Colo Colo -aged 18 and 13- died late Thursday in a stampede at Santiago's Monumental stadium during a Libertadores Cup match against Brazil's Fortaleza.

  • Tuesday, April 8th 2025 - 19:25 UTC

    Native communities want in on Chile's lithium production

    The involvement of Indigenous groups in mining at a managerial level is rare in Latin America

    Lickanantay Indigenous communities in Chile's Atacama Desert are negotiating with mining giants Codelco and SQM to secure a historic governance role in lithium extraction, which accounts for 25% of global production and is vital for the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries.

  • Tuesday, April 8th 2025 - 08:26 UTC

    Chile's Labor Minister resigns to run for president

    Jara was deemed the Communist Party's best option

    Jeannette Jara resigned Monday as Chile's Labor Minister after being chosen by the Communist Party to run for president. She announced her decision after conferring with President Gabriel Boric Font at La Moneda. The Communist Party confirmed her candidacy on Saturday.

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