Chile

• Friday, August 31st 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Chile reduces air boarding taxes by 20%, effective September first

  

  Chilean Minister of Finance Jose Ramon Valente, via its official Twitter account, announced a “20% reduction in the boarding taxes, which will reduce air fares” in the country, both for international and domestic flights. He added “traveling overseas no longer is a privilege for the well off”.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Chilean Supreme Court seizes US$ 1.6m assets from Pinochet family

  

  Chile's Supreme Court ordered the seizure of more than US$1.6 million from the assets of the late dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet. The top court also sentenced three former military officers to four years in prison for embezzlement of public funds in a case involving Pinochet, but allowed them to remain free under conditional liberty.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:00 UTC

  Chile's latest export to England: burglars targeting wealthy homes

  

  A criminal gang which was flying burglars from Chile into the UK to target wealthy homes in the South East has been dismantled, police have said. Luxury items worth more than £1m were stolen by the thieves, who targeted hundreds of homes, then shipped some of the goods out of the country.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Chile's GDP in the second quarter grew 5.3%

  

  Chile's gross domestic product grew 5.3% in the second-quarter of 2018 compared with a year earlier, its biggest jump in nearly six years, the central bank said this week.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:52 UTC

  Punta Arenas 2018/19 cruise season expects 138 calls and 89.100 visitors

  

  The extreme south Chile 2018/2019 cruise season, which includes mainly Punta Arenas, plus Puerto Natales and Puerto Williams, is expected to take off next September 15 and will extend until 29 March 2019, as reported by the Austral Port Enterprise, EPAustal

• Thursday, August 9th 2018 - 12:50 UTC

  Ex Chilean president Bachelet chosen as next UN human rights chief

  

  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the world body’s new human rights chief, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The 193-member U.N. General Assembly is due to meet on Friday to approve Bachelet’s appointment.

• Thursday, August 9th 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Chile doubles lithium carbonate exports: strong demand and prices

  

  Chile’s exports of lithium carbonate reached US$ 85 million in July, more than double that of the same month the previous year, as demand and prices for the key component in electric vehicle batteries continues to rise, the central bank said in a release.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 10:43 UTC

  Chile legally bans the widespread commercial use of plastic bags

  

  Chile has become the first South American country to legally ban the widespread commercial use of plastic bags. The new legislation approved by Congress and enacted by President Sebastián Piñera, gives small shops two years to adapt to a total ban.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 07:48 UTC

  Falklands contrasting opinions on the Sao Paulo air link consequences

  

  The Falkland Islands government preferred choice for a second commercial flight to the South American continent has met with contrasting opinions as to the practical and potential future consequences of the Sao Paulo destination.This was clearly expressed in the Letters chapter of the Penguin News. One of them comes from the FI Chamber of Commerce, and the second from the main importer of fresh produce to the Islands.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 07:24 UTC

  Falklands: Sao Paulo as second commercial flight draws strong local response

  

  The Falkland Island Government’s announcement of their preferred option for a second commercial flight between the Falklands and South America has been met with both applause and outrage, reports the latest edition of the Islands' weekly, Penguin News.