Chile

• Monday, October 24th 2016 - 10:32 UTC

  Piñera's bid for president boosted by landslide victory in Chile mayoralty vote

  

  Chile's conservatives snatched dozens of mayoralties on Sunday from the governing centre-left coalition, in a boost to former leader Sebastian Piñera, the front-runner to lead the conservative coalition in next year's presidential election.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 08:46 UTC

  Falklands and Chilean/British University sign MOU in Santiago on cooperation and exchange of students

  

  Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Hon. Dr Barry Elsby MLA, continued his official trip in Chile by meeting with members of the Ministry of Education in Santiago on Wednesday.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 14:20 UTC

  Falklands in short supply of fresh produce, because of changes in Chilean Customs procedures

  

  Falkland Islanders has been warned that fresh produce may be in short supply for some time to come due to changes in the Chilean Customs' procedures. Stanley Growers owner Tim Miller said that a large order for fruit and vegetables was not shipped from Santiago last week, as Customs officials at Punta Arenas insisted for the first time that LATAM airline provide them, in advance, with exact weight and contents of the cargo.

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 21:23 UTC

  Mini cabinet reshuffle in Chile ahead of Sunday's municipal elections

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a slight reshuffling of her Cabinet on Wednesday, a few days ahead of local elections in which her coalition is expected to suffer losses. Center-left Bachelet replaced the ministers in charge of justice, energy and national assets, she said in a brief speech at the presidential palace in Santiago.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2016 - 20:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas interested in increasing links and cooperation

  

  A delegation from the UK embassy in Chile and a member from the Falklands Legislative Assembly met in Punta Arenas with the Magallanes region finance minister Christian Garcia to increase science and education cooperation links and promote people and economic exchanges. Many Chileans mainly from Punta Arenas have jobs in the Falklands.

• Friday, September 30th 2016 - 08:34 UTC

  Punta Arenas cruise season anticipated to be weaker than in 2015/2016

  

  The 2016//17 cruise season for the Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile will see a drop in the number of calls, from 121 to 86, of which 83 in Punta Arenas and 3 in Puerto Natales, according to the schedule published by Punta Arenas port authority, Austral Port Company, EPA, website.

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 19:40 UTC

  A Falklands' annual event: Chilean Independence Day celebrations

  

  Chilean Independence Day celebrations were again held in the Falkland Islands this year, with the main event being hosted at Government House in Stanley, demonstrating the strong relationship that has formed between Chile and the Falklands in recent decades.

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 11:30 UTC

  Scientists trying to determine the increase of whales' beaching all along Chile's coastline

  

  Several huge whales have washed up dead over recent months on beaches in northern Chile, where scientists suspect they are moving in increasing numbers due to climate change. After the beaching of hundreds of dead whales in the south last year, the trend has now shifted to areas where the phenomenon was previously rare.

• Saturday, September 24th 2016 - 10:24 UTC

  Pinochet ordered the 1976 assassination of opposition leader Letelier, says CIA

  

  The United States on Friday gave Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declassified CIA documents confirming that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet personally ordered the 1976 assassination of opposition leader Orlando Letelier. US Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom presented the documents to Bachelet during a ceremony on the site of the killing in the US capital, two days after the 40th anniversary of the brazen attack.

• Saturday, September 24th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  Latam modifies ownership structure before the entrance of Qatar airlines

  

  The Amaro family from Brazil, one of the main controllers of LATAM Airlines, sold a 6.47% stake in the regional carrier on Friday on the Santiago stock exchange for some US$296 million, as part of a strategy to modify the company's ownership structure.