Chile

• Friday, April 21st 2017 - 09:56 UTC

  Chile's presidential election will confront social-democratic reforms and a free markets' approach

  

  A leftist senator running for president in Chile's November election is tied in a head-to-head match-up with the conservative frontrunner, even as his support has slipped in recent months, a poll released on Thursday showed.

• Thursday, April 20th 2017 - 01:57 UTC

  Punta Arenas plans to seat a major Antarctica scientific research hub

  

  Chile will build the International Antarctic Center in the southern city of Punta Arenas, meant to become the entering point to the white continent for the world. The Governor of the Magellan region and the Chilean Antarctic, Jorge Flies stated this week that there were 35 projects developing in his jurisdiction, in three important areas.

• Sunday, April 16th 2017 - 02:03 UTC

  UK sponsored Start-Up Games in Santiago to promote innovative businesses

  

  Chile’s most enthusiastic entrepreneurs gathered together for Start-Up Games Santiago at the British embassy, sponsored by the UK Department for International Trade. The initiative helps entrepreneurs and innovative businesses develop their business plan through a variety of programs and training. The event featured a huge variety of companies, from virtual reality, to health drinks to green bicycle initiatives.

• Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 08:10 UTC

  Chile expands Patagonia national parks with Tompkins Foundation donation

  

  Chile set aside 11 million acres of land for national parks aided by the largest private land donation from a private entity to a country. The conservation effort of the Tompkins Foundation helped pave the way for Chile to greatly expand its conservation of the pristine Patagonia wilderness.

• Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  China becomes Chile's leading wine market ahead of United States

  

  China overtook the United States in 2016 to become Chile's No. 1 wine market, Angelica Valenzuela, commercial director of Vinos de Chile, said. Wine consumption in China grew 13.8% last year, Valenzuela told reporters at a press conference organized by the Imagen de Chile Foundation, an agency charged with promoting the national brand

• Wednesday, April 12th 2017 - 10:27 UTC

  Chilean salmon sold in Buenos Aires revealed high contents of antibiotic residue

  

  A study performed by the Institute of Technology of UADE Foundation found that 66% of the salmon fillets imported from Chile that are marketed in the fish farms of the City of Buenos Aires contain remains of antibiotics “that can affect the health of those who consume it ”.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 05:49 UTC

  Chile's annual resources' report shows nine fisheries are depleted or collapsed

  

  The latest annual report from Chile's Fisheries administration, “Public Account of Resources Status 2016” indicates that of the 43 existing fisheries, 25 have biological reference points (PBR) which means a precautionary approach. The presentation was made by Paolo Trejo, Under Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

• Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 10:37 UTC

  Chile Day in London next June; UK ambassador underlines importance of free trade

  

  The announcement that Chile Day will take place in London in June 2017 is good for the United Kingdom and for Chile, boosting trade and investment between our two nations, said British ambassador in Santiago, Fiona Clouder, who made it a point to praise the significance of free trade.

• Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 07:54 UTC

  Chile, Argentina and Uruguay planning greater coordination of cruise circuits

  

  Punta Arenas Austral Ports Company, EPA, was part of the Chilean stand at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair which took place in mid March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attracts the best of the cruise industry, operators and port terminals from all the world.

• Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:50 UTC

  Massive protests in Chilean cities against the private pension scheme

  

  Close to 350,000 people in Chile’s capital Santiago and a further two million nationwide took part on Sunday in street protests demanding the replacement of a private pension system imposed under the Pinochet regime, following recommendations from multilateral organisms. The protesters main demand is the elimination of the current pension system, the privately run AFPs (Pension Fund Administrators).