Chile

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Punta Arenas optimistic about the coming 2019/20 cruise season

  

  Punta Arenas port authorities, in the extreme south of Chile, are optimistic about the coming cruise season and its impact on the local economy.

• Sunday, August 4th 2019 - 17:40 UTC

  Bolivian exporters face new conditions to ship through the Chilean port of Arica

  

  The Arica Port Company (EPA) will start applying new tariffs as of Monday to Bolivian commerce, in accordance to the Service Manual in force since 2013, it was announced.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 18:40 UTC

  Chilean Jesuits' equiry unveils unspeakable acts by Father Renato Poblete

  

  The Chilean branch of the Jesuit order Tuesday released the findings of an investigation into Father Renato Poblete's alleged involvement in sexual misconduct. According to this enquiry, Poblete carried out improper acts “repeatedly, seriously and systematically.”

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 03:23 UTC

  Piñera says both Allende and Pinochet belong in Chile's presidential wax museum

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Tuesday said both his predecessors Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet belong in the wax museum in the Las Condes area in Santiago.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 10:08 UTC

  Chile faced with the challenge of 740 fragile tailing dams from copper mining

  

  From the sky, the glistening emerald ponds of northern Chile are almost beautiful, but closer to the ground they harbor an ugly and dangerous secret: the reservoirs, filled with toxic waste from the country's mining industry, are ticking time bombs.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chilean congress will have tighter oversight of copper funding of armed forces

  

  Chilean lawmakers passed a measure this week abolishing an antiquated, decades-old law under which state-run Codelco, the world’s largest copper miner, helped foot the bill for the country’s military.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Chile reduces copper price projection for 2019 as China's demand slows down

  

  Chile, the world's largest producer of copper, reduced on Thursday its price projection for the precious metal for 2019 from US$3.05 to US$2.89 per pound due to a drop in demand from the planet's largest consumer, China.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

  

  The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 16:44 UTC

  First hurdle passed for LATAM Argentina to serve Miami with Chilean planes

  

  Argentina's National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) Thursday agreed with its Chilean counterpart (DGAC) to allow LATAM aircraft under Chilean registration to fly the Ezeiza-Miami route with an Argentine crew on behalf of LATAM Argentina. The lease is yet to be authorised at higher levels.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 11:41 UTC

  Sex crimes against children no longer protected by statute of limitations in Chile

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Pinera Thursday signed into law on Thursday a bill whereby the statute of limitations on sex crimes involving children ceases to apply. However, the new law is not retroactive as some lawmakers intended during parliamentary deliberation.