Chile

Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:14 UTC
Chile's ENAP to get oil supply from Vaca Muerta through Trans-Andean pipeline

Chile's State-owned oil company, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap), has finalized a colossal import deal worth US$12 billion with major Argentine energy producers, securing a critical long-term supply from the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.
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Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 22:27 UTC
Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile

Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.
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Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC
Surveys show Kast ahead in Chilean runoff

Recent polling in Chile's presidential runoff election, scheduled for December 14, indicates that conservative leader José Antonio Kast holds a commanding lead over the governing coalition's candidate, Jeannette Jara.
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Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC
Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.
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Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:12 UTC
Change of British Ambassador to Chile: David William Concar

David William Concar has been appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, succeeding Ms Louise de Sousa, who will take up another post within the Diplomatic Service. Mr Concar is expected to assume his new role in March 2026.
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Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC
Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.
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Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:41 UTC
Chinese fishing fleet raises concerns in Chile

The presence of the Chinese fishing fleet off the Pacific coast of South America has evolved to a permanent event, its structural operation dramatically reshaping geopolitical and environmental balances in Chile.
Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:56 UTC
Chile launches “Cherry Express” to China season

Chile has officially begun its 2025-2026 fresh cherry export season by sea, with the first dedicated “Cherry Express” ships sailing directly from the Port of San Antonio to China this week. The season is heavily reliant on the Asian market, which purchases approximately 93% of all Chilean cherry exports.
Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 07:47 UTC
Boric rebukes Trump's instructions to single out countries endorsing progressive agendas

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font strongly rebuked US President Donald Trump's instructions to American embassies to “take note” of countries whose authorities promote or finance diversity, abortion, and euthanasia policies. “Chile accepts no form of tutelage. Our sovereignty is not negotiable,” the South American leftwing leader wrote on social media on Friday.
Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:28 UTC
New US Ambassador to Chile addresses Washington's environmental approach

The United States' new Ambassador to Chile, Brandon Judd, gave his first press conference on Thursday in Santiago, during which he addressed President Gabriel Boric Font's criticism of the Donald Trump administration's approach to environmental issues. “If President Boric doesn't like what President Trump is doing, then he has a problem with the American people,” the former Border Patrol agent pointed out.