Chile

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  There were other ways out, Boric says on 50th anniversary of Pinochet's coup

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font insisted there were other ways out of the crisis his country was going through when Socialist President Salvador Allende was overthrown 50 years ago Monday by the military uprising of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, marking the beginning of a 17-year dictatorship.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Chile: AMLO joins Boric in remembering Allende

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Sunday in Santiago that he admired late Chilean President Salvador Allende, who was “a victim of scoundrels.” The visiting leader made those remarks on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the military coup d'état by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, which overthrew the Socialist head of state and started a 17-year dictatorship.

• Friday, September 8th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Chile: Boric and former presidents sign declaration against dictatorship

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font and his four living predecessors Thursday signed a so-called “commitment for democracy” document as the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état that brought General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte to power between 1973 and 1990 looms over.

• Friday, September 8th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentine President assures Chile a natural gas supply through 2024

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday said his country would guarantee the supply of natural gas to neighboring Chile until Dec. 31, 2024, it was reported in Buenos Aires. With Bolivia's production declining, South America is looking to Vaca Muerta as a possible source, it was also explained. Between January and July, Argentina sold Chile US$ 556 million worth of natural gas, an 86.8% growth from the same period last year.

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 11:19 UTC

  “The situation in Chile was chaotic”, ex president Piñera recalls the Chilean coup

  

  Next Monday, September 11th, Chile will remember the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet which overthrew constitutionally elected president Salvador Allende, the first Marxist to reach the highest office in the land. But the coup and half a century, far from healing the wounds that caused it have remained alive in Chile, in a community that can be said has been divided in half.

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Punta Arenas: Outbreak of highly contagious fungi among pets, particularly cats

  

  Veterinary clinics in Punta Arenas are reporting a notorious increase in visits from pet owners, particularly cats and this is because of a recent case of the Sporothrix Brasiliensis fungi in a human, contagion from a feline.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Chile's Central Bank lowers interest rate to 9.5%

  

  Chile's Central Bank Council agreed unanimously Tuesday to lower the basic interest rate from 10.25 to 9.5% given the reduction in global inflation, it was reported in Santiago.

• Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:17 UTC

  Sky Airlines announces return to Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera welcomed the return of budget carrier Sky Airlines to the country, connecting Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport with Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru), Salvador, and Florianópolis (Brazil) with direct services, starting in 2024.

• Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 15:13 UTC

  Chile launches “Truth and Justice” program to determine forced disappearances under dictator Pinochet

  

  Chile's government launched a program on Wednesday that seeks to determine what happened to more than 1,000 people during  Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship 50 years ago.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Punta Arenas Winter Hockey Cup: Tierra del Fuego official calls Chilean mayor a 'colonialist'

  

  Success and the brilliant sportsmanship spirit from the Falkland Islands hockey teams, and their trophies, at the Punta Arenas Winter Cup, could not have come with some acid comments from Argentina.