Chile

• Wednesday, November 8th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

  Peña praises ECLAC and wants more Chilean investments in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña spoke Tuesday in favor of free trade and environmental protection during his appearance before the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) at its Santiago (Chile) headquarters.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 09:40 UTC

  Seven Cubans defect during Pan American Games in Chile

  

  Seven Cuban athletes have left the Caribbean country’s delegation at the Santiago (Chile) Pan-American Games unwilling to return home, it was reported in the Chilean capital. According to international media covering the sporting event, six members of the women’s field hockey team and one hurdler were involved in the incident.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

  Chile: 14 killed in migrant settlement fire in Biobio

  

  At least 14 migrants were killed in a fire in the town of Coronel, some 530 kilometers south of Santiago, in the region of Biobio, it was reported Monday.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

  Biden envoy visiting Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay

  

  US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment, José W. Fernández is on a South American tour with stops in Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay to boost green energy developments in the region.

• Monday, November 6th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Paraguayan President off to Chile for 3-day state visit

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña will be traveling to Santiago for a meeting with his Chilean colleague Gabriel Boric Font on Monday and a conference at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Tuesday, among other engagements. Peña will stay in the Chilean capital until Nov. 8, it was also announced.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Chile recalls Ambassador to Israel as violence in Gaza grows

  

  President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday recalled Chile's Ambassador to Israel Jorge Carvajal for consultations given the “unacceptable violations of international humanitarian law” in the Gaza Strip, it was reported in Santiago after a statement released by the Foreign Ministry.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:50 UTC

  Chile planning a fiber link directly with Antarctica

  

  Chile is planning an undersea fiber cable linking the country with Antarctica and several bases in the southernmost continent. With this purpose, Chile signed an agreement with Latin America's Development Bank, CAF to begin feasibility studies

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 12:52 UTC

  Rutley in Chile to celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations and to sign an Antarctica cooperation protection Letter of Intent

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office’s Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley MP, arrives in Chile, from Peru, to strengthen collaboration between the UK and Chile, as both nations celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations. 

• Friday, October 27th 2023 - 09:45 UTC

  7-year-old Chilean boy living in Gaza Strip is found

  

  Chilean media reported early Friday the finding of 7-year-old Ghassan Sahurie, a 7-year-old boy of Chilean-Palestinian descent who was missing in the Gaza Strip.

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 05:47 UTC

  Avian flu has caused the death of some 3,000 Humboldt penguins in Chilean coasts

  

  Some 3,000 Humboldt penguins have died as a consequence of the avian influenza so far in 2023, according to official reports from the Chilean Fisheries National Service, Sernapesca. The data covers the period from February to October 6th and includes the flu death of 21.819 animals, of which 2,917 Humboldt penguins.