Chile

Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Spain confirmed as host of COP25 climate summit, but Madrid hotels are full and flights expensive

Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in December, the UN said on Friday, after Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly anti-government protests. Some 25,000 delegates had been expected in Chile for COP25, including teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 07:37 UTC
Spain offers to replace Chile as host of COP25 climate summit

Chile's President Sebastian Piñera said on Thursday that Spain has offered to host the COP25 climate conference in December after he abandoned plans to hold it in Santiago following violent protests.
Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Chile will not host APEC trade meeting and COP25 climate conference: “common sense”

Chile has withdrawn as host of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade summit in November and the COP25 climate conference in December after several weeks of violent unrest, President Sebastian Piñera announced on Wednesday. He described the decision as “deeply painful” but “common sense” dictated the decision to withdraw from the two major international summits.
Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
Looting, arson, protests and clashes continue unabated in Chile

Chileans took to the streets again on Tuesday, pouring by the thousands into plazas and shutting down main boulevards in a sign that government promises of reform continued to fall short. Police in armoured trucks watched over the gathering masses.
Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
Piñera reshuffles a third of the cabinet, but protestors demand his resignation

Chilean protesters clashed with security forces on Monday, several hours after embattled President Sebastian Piñera announced a cabinet reshuffle in his latest bid to end 10 days of street demonstrations.
Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Piñera lifts state of emergency; new cabinet expected for this week

Embattled Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced on Sunday that a state of emergency that has lasted more than a week amid mass protests would be lifted at midnight.
Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
A million Chileans march peacefully in Santiago to protest inequality

As many as a million Chileans protested peacefully late into the evening on Friday in the capital Santiago in the biggest rallies yet since violence broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in the South American nation.
Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Controversy over Bolsonaro's possible attendance in Chile of the Libertadores Copa final

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, an admirer of Latin America's military dictatorships, courted controversy on Friday when he said he might go to next month's Copa Libertadores final in the Chilean stadium once used as a detention centre.
Friday, October 25th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
UN mission to investigate human rights abuses in Chile during the current protests

The United Nations said on Thursday it would send a special mission to investigate human rights abuses in Chile, where a general strike went into its second day following a week of street protests that left 18 dead.
Friday, October 25th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Statement of the OAS General Secretariat on the situation in Chile

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) supports and endorses the investigations and conclusions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on human rights violations in Chile.