Chile

• Sunday, December 4th 2016 - 10:45 UTC

  Hudson volcano yellow alert in Patagonia: memories of the 1991 eruption

  

  The Patagonia territories of Chile and Argentina, Aysen region and Santa Cruz province are under yellow alert since Saturday evening given the growing seismic activity of the Hudson volcano. The alert is specifically referred to the towns of Los Antiguos and Perino Moreno, Argentina and the Chilean communes of Aysen, General Carrera, Rio Ibañez and Chile Chico in the Aysen Region.

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 19:56 UTC

  Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile with the best third quarter performance

  

  Magallanes Region, in the extreme south of Chile, was the region with the strongest economic activity during the third quarter compared to the same period a year ago. Magallanes was closely followed by the regions of Tarapacá and Atacama to the north of the country, according to the latest release from the stats office, INE.

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 13:01 UTC

  UK Faster entry available to Chile with the Registered Traveller Service

  

  Regular visitors to the UK from Chile, as with other founding members of Mercosur, are now eligible to apply to join the UK’s Registered Traveller Service. The Service provides approved members, who have undergone advanced security checks an expedited clearance through the UK border.

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 11:56 UTC

  UK defence and security relationship underlined at Chile´s Exponaval 2016

  

  Innovation, partnership and technology transfer are the main themes as the UK is showing a strong commitment to the UK/Chilean defence relationship by sending two Royal Navy ships to Exponaval 2016 in Valparaiso, Chile. The Type 23 Frigate HMS Portland is making its first visit to Chile along with Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Gold Rover.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:02 UTC

  Anti personnel mines conference opens in Santiago; Chile free of minefields by 2020

  

  Ambassadors and representatives of nations that signed the Ottawa Convention called on Monday in Santiago for a quicker clearing of minefields, so that by 2025 the world will be completely free of landmines.

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 08:12 UTC

  UK minister underlines historic defense ties with Chile particularly at navies level

  

  During a visit to Chile, British Armed Forces Minister Mike Penning underlined the deep and historic defense ties between the UK and Chile, which he described as a key ally with a longstanding relationship, particularly through the Royal Navy and Chilean Navy.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

  Ex OAS head plans to seek Chile's Socialist nomination for 2017 presidential election

  

  Former OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza said on Wednesday that he plans to seek the Socialist Party's nomination for president of Chile. “I come to confirm that I am available to participate in the decisions of the Socialist Party,” he told reporters at the party's Santiago headquarters just hours after resigning as Chile's agent in litigation with Bolivia before the International Court of Justice.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 10:59 UTC

  Partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean strategic for China

  

  Chinese President said that his country's alliance with Latin America and Caribbean countries was of “strategic” importance as he opened the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Media Leaders Summit in Santiago.

• Saturday, November 19th 2016 - 09:19 UTC

  Bachelet makes her sixth cabinet reshuffle confirming the ruling coalition keeps losing ground

  

  Chile's President Michelle Bachelet launched her sixth cabinet reshuffle in less than three years in a bid to strengthen her government ahead of a general election next year. The 65-year-old leader is one of the few figures to remain in power from a wave of leftist governments in South America over recent decades.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:52 UTC

  Chilean human rights organizations demand Chief Justice's resignation

  

  Hugo Dolmestch, Chief Justice of the Chilean Supreme Court, must resign because “he does not respect international humanitarian law,” according to Alicia Lira, head of the Association of Relatives of Political Executees.