Chile

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Argentina resumes natural gas export to Chile after twelve years

  

  Argentina has begun exporting natural gas to Chile after a 12 year interlude, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said on Tuesday, as the two neighboring countries seek to increasingly integrate their energy supply and electricity grids.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 11:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro pledges to help the Venezuelan people end the dictatorship but through peaceful means

  

  The president elect of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro in his first television interview as president elect said it was necessary to solve the problem of the Venezuela dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro, but underlined “there will be no intervention in Caracas, it will be through peaceful means”.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 21:50 UTC

  Chilean scientists manage to keep fruit from turning black

  

  A team of Chilean researchers at the University of Santiago has developed a product that keeps fruit fresh for up to a month after being cut, and is particularly useful in the case of avocado or apples, which need to be consumed instantly or, after a while, they turn dark.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:43 UTC

  Piñera denies any problems with Argentina over Patagonian glaciers in unmarked border

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera insisted that he had no problem with Argentina despite a disputed claim over extensive Patagonian glaciers along the two countries' joint but unmarked border.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 11:20 UTC

  Chile: eighth consecutive increase in price of fuel finally draws Piñera's attention

  

  President Sebastián Piñera Thursday ordered his cabinet to seek ways to stop the trend, following the eighth increase in the price of petrol in as many weeks

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Falklands announces winners of the student competition to visit the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile announce the winners of the 2018-2019 student competition to visit the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, October 15th 2018 - 04:42 UTC

  Two Chilean bishops no longer priests due to their involvement in cases of sexual abuse

  

  Pope Francis Saturday stripped two Chilean bishops of their priesthood after having been found to be involved in the country's widening sexual abuse crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday. A Vatican statement in Spanish said the pope's decision was definitive and not open to appeal.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 15:11 UTC

  Chile's finance minister defends newest, sharpest increase in fuel price

  

  Chile's Finance Minister Felipe Larraín justified the seventh increase in as many weeks in the price of petrol because the Fuel Price Stabilization Mechanism (Mepco) has subsidized 50 million dollars so far this year.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Chile wants lithium traded on the London Metals Exchange

  

  Chile has called for lithium to be traded on the London Metals Exchange to provide greater “clarity” about its value, mining minister Baldo Prokurica said. At present, lithium producers negotiate contracts with buyers but the terms of the deals are not made public. Critics say this lack of clarity has a chilling effect on potential new investment in the market since the metal’s value cannot be precisely measured.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

  Chile's President says Bolsonaro's plan is “what Brazil needs”

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Tuesday welcomed Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro's economic plan and explained it is what the largest economy in the region needs.