Chile

Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:29 UTC
UK strongly supports innovative solutions for the Chilean mining sector

The British Embassy in Chile participated at the mining conference Medmin to strengthen the importance of British innovative solutions for the mining sector in a country which is highly dependent on minerals and is the world's leading exporter of copper.
Wednesday, August 17th 2016 - 21:34 UTC
Chile hosts international conference of teachers of English as a foreign language

The 14th International Conference of IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) was held in Santiago de Chile on 22 and 23 July at Universidad San Sebastian with the attendance of 800 current and future teachers of English.
Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 20:52 UTC
UK embassy in Chile hosts major workshop on sustainable mining and tailings

Several sustainable mining projects supported by the British Embassy’s 2016 Prosperity Fund and Newton-Picarte science and innovation fund were discussed at a workshop held at the British Embassy in late July.
Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 06:28 UTC
Bachelet forced to introduce reforms to Chile's private pension system

Under pressure from the public, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet proposed changes to the most radical of all the economic reforms of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — the private pension system that inspired a wave of similar projects worldwide.
Wednesday, August 10th 2016 - 05:33 UTC
Punta Arenas airport plans to double passengers' terminal area and commercial aircraft capacity

Punta Arenas airport is planning to double the area of the passengers' terminal and increase the number of jet bridges from three to five, as part of a major expansion program given the increase in annual commercial traffic at the President Carlos Ibañez del Campo Airport, which has been double the Chilean average.
Saturday, July 30th 2016 - 08:36 UTC
Unemployment in Magallanes Region climbs to the highest in five years

Unemployment in Magallanes, extreme south of Chile climbed strongly during the March/May quarter, from 3.6% to 5.7%, marking the third consecutive mobile quarter increase. The 5.7% is the highest unemployment mark in five years, in 2015, 4%; 2014, 2.8%; 2013, 2.7%; 2012, 3% and in 2011, 4%.
Friday, July 8th 2016 - 06:18 UTC
Punta Arenas opens “Shackleton, 100 years” exhibition to honor the great explorer and Piloto Pardo

Alexandra Shackleton is in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile to open an exhibition dedicated to her grandfather, the great British Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who became world famous for his resilience, courage and determination in rescuing his stranded crew from the frozen continent, and in which the Chilean navy played a crucial role.
Saturday, July 2nd 2016 - 09:20 UTC
Antarctic ozone hole is finally starting to heal according to study published in Science

Nearly thirty years after an international treaty banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons, the Antarctic ozone hole is finally starting to heal. By mid to late century, it should be fully recovered.
Friday, July 1st 2016 - 09:08 UTC
“Possible surprise” in US elections must have the Pacific Alliance “ready to react”

The Pacific Alliance must be “ready to react” to a possible “surprise” in the United States presidential election, Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said in Chile on Thursday.
Friday, July 1st 2016 - 08:45 UTC
Pacific Alliance after stronger integration and closer links with the EU

The presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, the four member states of the Pacific Alliance, met on Thursday in the Chilean town of Puerto Varas to strengthen their economic integration in order to deal with the ravages of global finance. They also called for closer links with the European Union to bolster education for development.