Chile

Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 11:21 UTC
Chilean Air Force Hercules aircraft goes missing enroute to Antarctica

A Chilean Air Force (FACh) Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4.55 p.m. local time Monday from the southern city of Punta Arenas and lost radio contact at 6.13 p.m. on its way to Antarctica, according to a press release from the defense authorities. The US built airplane was carrying 38 people on board, 17 crew members and 21 passengers.
Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
“The Rapist is You!”, born in Chile has become a mighty global roar against sexual violence

From quiet beginnings just a few weeks ago, The Rapist is You! - the creation of four performance artists from a Chilean feminist group - has turned into a mighty global roar against sexual violence.
Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Lower electricity and transport fares help to keep inflation almost unchanged in turbulent Chile

Chilean consumer prices barely budged amid unrest in November, the government said on Friday, with inflationary pressure from a downward spiraling peso offset by one-time cuts in electricity rates and public transportation fares.
Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Chilean economy contracts 3.4% during October compared to a year ago

Chile's economy contracted 3.4% in October from the same month a year ago, the central bank said, posting the single biggest drop in a decade as weeks of violent protests began sending shockwaves through the Chilean economy.
Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 02:22 UTC
UK delegation travelling for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate

This Sunday, December first members of the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans leave for Chile, Uruguay and Argentina to recall events of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939.
Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 01:07 UTC
Rioting Chile forced to cancel the football season and motor rally activities

The football federation in Chile has announced it is to cancel the rest of the season due to security concerns following weeks of anti-government protests. All matches were suspended when the violence began six weeks ago.
Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Social upheaval torn Chile to sell up to US$ 20 billion to support the Peso

Chile's central bank might sell up to US$20 billion in foreign currency interventions starting on Monday in a bid to stabilize the local currency, the monetary authority said in a statement on Thursday after the peso hit a new all-time low.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Congress urges Piñera to use the “constitutional tools” to quell the violence. Chilean Peso plummets to new low

Chilean lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday to fast-track reforms to beef up security, warning that a resurgence in violence and vandalism was threatening to derail the country’s 30-year-old democracy.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Santiago graffiti underline protests' spirit “Never again will they have the comfort of our silence”

A month of intense protests against inequality and police repression in Santiago have transformed the Chilean capital’s streetscape into a caterwaul of graffiti whose messages reflect the deep discontent in this once genteel Latin American city.
Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:51 UTC
The Economist and Chile: the painful birth of a different country

In 2014, Michelle Bachelet a Socialist swept into Chile’s presidency for a second time on a program of radical reform of tax, education and pensions. She also aspired to enact a new constitution that would guarantee “more balance between the state, the private sector and society”, as she told your columnist over tea at the Moneda presidential palace. She argued that her “struggle against inequality” was the last chance to deal with discontents that, if neglected, could push Chile towards populism.