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Chile

  • Tuesday, June 18th 2024 - 09:18 UTC

    Tribute to Piñera scheduled for Tuesday in Santiago

    According to Chilean media, Lacalle will be the only sitting president to attend Piñera's tribute

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou left for Santiago late Monday to participate in a tribute at the Universidad del Desarrollo's auditorium organized by the Grupo Libertad y Democracia to late Chilean president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014 and 2018-2022). Piñera died in February in a helicopter accident while piloting the aircraft.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 19:58 UTC

    Argentina to remove solar panels Tuesday, weather permitting

    “Remove the solar panels as soon as possible or we will,” warned a Boric not as tolerant as Chile's Foreign Minister van Klaveren

    Argentina's Navy will remove the solar panels mistakenly placed in Chilean territory after President Gabriel Boric Font warned that his country would take action if Buenos Aires failed to comply at the earliest time possible.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentina installs solar panels in Chilean territory by mistake

    Faurie said the items could not be removed until the summer but some Chilean lawmakers want them demolished at once

    Argentina's Ambassador to Santiago Jorge Faurie admitted his country had made a mistake when solar panels were placed three meters into Chilean territory in Tierra del Fuego, which triggered a diplomatic incident between the two countries.

  • Saturday, June 8th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

    Unprotected red hydrocoral species found in Strait of Magellan

    The “Errina Antarctica” species does not have any type of protection even though it is found in Chile in a vulnerable state of conservation

    Scientists in southern Chile have found in the Strait of Magellan a type of red hydrocoral, consisting of immobile animals similar in appearance to a plant or a rock. The specimens of “Errina Antarctica” were discovered in the Kawésqar National Reserve, a protected marine area more than 3,000 km from Santiago, it was reported Friday.

  • Wednesday, June 5th 2024 - 09:34 UTC

    USS George Washington crosses into Chilean waters

    The USS George Washington is due in Valparaíso on June 11

    Chile's Navy confirmed Tuesday through a posting on X that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington had crossed the Strait of Magellan into Pacific Ocean waters and was on her way to Valparaíso. Accompanying the vessel were the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet tanker USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189).

  • Tuesday, June 4th 2024 - 20:42 UTC

    Llaitul goes on hunger strike to demand a prompt Chilean Supreme Court review of his case

    Llaitul, 56, is one of the founders of the CAM, the oldest radical group in southern Chile claiming to defend ancestral land rights

    Convicted Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul Monday went on a hunger strike from his Chilean prison to protest against his 23-year jail sentence for timber theft, usurpation of land, and assault on authorities since the 1990s.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 07:53 UTC

    Chile joins South Africa's claim against Israel before the ICJ

    “We also demand the release of the hostages” held by Hamas, Boric stressed

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font announced Saturday that it would be joining South Africa as plaintiffs in the genocide case filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands.

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 22:25 UTC

    Nothing wrong with flu and Covid-19 vax campaign in Chile, minister says

    Albagli said more vaccines than ever have been administered so far this year

    Chile's Acting Health Minister Andrea Albagli insisted Monday that there was no lagging in the government's flu vaccination campaign. She made those remarks after politicians from the Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) tried to link an alleged shortcoming in this regard to five deaths due to that malady in the Ñuble region in the past few days and even hinted she should resign. “I don't know what failure they are talking about,” Albagli stressed.

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:06 UTC

    The Palestinian tradition in Chile, football, culture and politics

    Deportivo Palestino was founded in 1916 in Santiago, as an amateur squad. But it was only in 1952 that Palestino went professional.

    By Katherine Newman, PhD candidate, University of Oxford - Club Deportivo Palestino, a football team, plays in a uniform of white, green, and red. Their stadium flies Palestinian flags and their social sports club boasts an open-air pool in the shape of pre-1948 Palestine. But this football team does not play in Palestine, or even the Middle East. Better known as Palestino, they actually play in Chile’s top football league, the Primera División de Chile.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 21:21 UTC

    Chile's Central Bank lowers monetary policy interest rates

    The latest measures will take time to impact Chile's economy since mortgages will remain under previous, higher rates

    Chile's Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate (TPM) from 6.5 to 6% and forecast additional cutbacks in the coming months. “Inflation has continued to decline, although at a moderate pace due to the high persistence of the services components,” the Central Bank's Board argued in its unanimous rationale given the annual price index 3.5% variation amid a downward trend.