Chile

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  New record high for the US dollar in Chilean markets: 820 Pesos

  

  Chile's central bank announced a US$ 4 billion injection to stop a currency slide that saw the peso reach historic lows on successive days this week. The peso fell to 820 to the dollar at the close Thursday, breaking the 800 Pesos milestone.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Tens half blind in Chile as riot police open fire with rubber bullets close range

  

  Running away as shots rang out, Carlos Vivanco turned to see where they were coming from. Then he felt his left eye closing and his face dripping with blood. The 18-year-old student had become one of the scores of people hit in the eyes, and in some cases blinded, by police rubber bullets in Chile's recent wave of anti-government protests.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Chilean bishops appeal for calm and recall what happens when the breakdown of institutions

  

  In an appeal to the politicians and people of Chile, the Bishops’ Conference reminds them of what history teaches about the breakdown of institutions, urging all men and women of goodwill to put an end to the violence of every kind.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Protests continue in Chile as economy faces “grave consequences” and Peso plunges to a historic low

  

  Chile’s finance minister warned on Tuesday of the “grave consequences” for the nation’s economy of three weeks of often violent unrest after the peso slid 4% to hit a historic low against the dollar. Ignacio Briones said the weakening of the peso was a “sign of worry” that he and his colleagues were watching very carefully.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  Chilean popular discontent spills over to the country's elite

  

  Chile's long-untouchable elite is now bearing the brunt of popular anger spilling onto the country's streets, and analysts say the signals have been there for years. Resource-rich Chile has long been seen as a stable democracy with South America's highest per-capita income, but economic and political power has rested in the hands of the relative few

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  Huge peaceful demonstration in Santiago, but radicals loot a church and university

  

  Around 75,000 people took to the streets in Santiago on Friday as part of ongoing anti-government protests in Chile. Local press reported the mostly peaceful demonstration as the second-largest since the protests broke out three weeks ago.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:40 UTC

  “Street” doctors and nurses assist hundreds of injured in Santiago de Chile

  

  Someone hundred Chilean doctors and nurses hit the streets shortly after riots broke out in Chile weeks ago, diving into the fray amid clouds of tear gas and volleys of rubber bullets behind just simple white shields.

• Friday, November 8th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Chile tightens public order in the wake of three weeks of anti government protests and looting

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Piñera on Thursday announced a series of measures to tighten public order in the wake of three weeks of anti-government protests that have left at least 20 people dead.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile addresses alleged police brutality; protestors march on Santiago rich districts clashing and looting

  

  Chile's president said on Wednesday his government had “nothing to hide” concerning allegations that police killed, tortured and sexually assaulted civilians during deadly protests against him. Prosecutors say five of the 20 deaths recorded in the protests against high living costs were suspected to have been at the hands of security forces.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazil's leading bank affected by political instability in Argentina and Chile

  

  Political instability in Argentina and Chile is taking a toll on Itaú Unibanco Holding SA’s businesses beyond its home market of Brazil, Chief Executive Candido Bracher said on Tuesday.