Chile

• Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Piñera admits “everything has changed in Chile”, but he won't resign and is sure of ending his mandate

  

  Chile’s embattled President Sebastian Piñera has rejected the notion of resigning and believes he will reach the end of his term in just over two years despite intense anti-government protests that are roiling the country, according to an interview with the BBC.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Three weeks of protests and looting in Chile: demands for a new constitution and a change in the political system

  

  Protesters in Chile clashed with police, looted stores and endured a strong earthquake at the close of a huge rally kicking off the third week of anti-government demonstrations that have sparked deadly unrest. In effect as protestors promised it was a “super Monday”, rather a heck of a Monday.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Protests all over the world: are we witnessing an emerging global society?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs, too. And what they’re writing this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the seemingly synchronized outbreak of protests in a large number of very different countries around the world.

• Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Privatized services plus health, education and pension's costs, the right blend for Chile's social explosion

  

  It is not poverty that is driving Chile's middle class into the streets to join massive protests: it is debt, brought on by sky-high private health and education costs that have created an economic fragility many find unbearable.

• Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Spain confirmed as host of COP25 climate summit, but Madrid hotels are full and flights expensive

  

  Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in December, the UN said on Friday, after Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly anti-government protests. Some 25,000 delegates had been expected in Chile for COP25, including teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 07:37 UTC

  Spain offers to replace Chile as host of COP25 climate summit

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Piñera said on Thursday that Spain has offered to host the COP25 climate conference in December after he abandoned plans to hold it in Santiago following violent protests.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile will not host APEC trade meeting and COP25 climate conference: “common sense”

  

  Chile has withdrawn as host of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade summit in November and the COP25 climate conference in December after several weeks of violent unrest, President Sebastian Piñera announced on Wednesday. He described the decision as “deeply painful” but “common sense” dictated the decision to withdraw from the two major international summits.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Looting, arson, protests and clashes continue unabated in Chile

  

  Chileans took to the streets again on Tuesday, pouring by the thousands into plazas and shutting down main boulevards in a sign that government promises of reform continued to fall short. Police in armoured trucks watched over the gathering masses.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Piñera reshuffles a third of the cabinet, but protestors demand his resignation

  

  Chilean protesters clashed with security forces on Monday, several hours after embattled President Sebastian Piñera announced a cabinet reshuffle in his latest bid to end 10 days of street demonstrations.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Piñera lifts state of emergency; new cabinet expected for this week

  

  Embattled Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced on Sunday that a state of emergency that has lasted more than a week amid mass protests would be lifted at midnight.