Chile

Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 05:16 UTC
Chile chosen by World Bank for Latam’s first Research and Development Center

Chile’s Finance Ministry Alberto Arenas, and the World Bank Group (WBG), represented by its Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jorge Familiar, signed a cooperation agreement to establish in Chile the first Research and Development Center in Latin America, and the second outside Washington, DC.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:06 UTC
“Mercosur and Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks”

Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks, and can advance towards a mutually beneficial convergence, said Chile's Economy minister Luis Felipe Cespedes during a trade and investment promotion seminar in Brazil.
Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 03:34 UTC
Scottish minister explores fisheries and trade opportunities in Chile

Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse visited Puerto Montt and Santiago to strengthen links with Chile on fisheries and climate change. Chile and Scotland have two of the largest global aquaculture industries.
Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 12:30 UTC
Top designer Tom Dixon launches the British Month 2014 in Chile

One of the UK’s best-known designers, Tom Dixon, presented his most recent collection – entitled ‘Club’ - at an event held this last week at the Interdesign Store in Santiago, marking the launch of the British Month 2014 in Chile.
Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 08:55 UTC
Bachelet welcomed by King Felipe VI at the start of her visit to Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Wednesday welcomed Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the start of her official visit to Spain, expected to center on economic cooperation.
Wednesday, October 29th 2014 - 05:58 UTC
Chile's oil and gas corporation ENAP raised 600m dollars in 10-year bonds

Chile's oil and gas government company, Empresa Nacional de Petroleo (ENAP) returned to the US dollar market for the first time in almost three years, becoming the latest Chilean issuer to take advantage of a strong bid for high-quality Latin American corporates.
Monday, October 20th 2014 - 07:25 UTC
Number of homicides in Argentina again on the rise, indicate Healthcare stats

The number of homicides per year in Argentina dropped from a peak of 4.630 back in 2002, but this did not impede that in the following decade that figure totaled, 31.992, according to official stats from the country's Healthcare ministry.
Sunday, October 19th 2014 - 07:59 UTC
Chile exports 154m dollars of mussels in eight months; Galicia still out of the market

In the first eight months of the year, Jan-August, Chile exported 52,077 tons of mussels (Mytilus chilensis), a rise of 1.8%, compared to the same period a year ago. However in dollars the result was 154.3 million dollars, up 5.9% compared to the 145.7 million dollars of the eight months of 2013, reports InfoTrade. Meanwhile northeast Spain mussel farms continue ravaged by the red toxin algae.
Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 08:53 UTC
Chile convinced of the Mercosur/Pacific Alliance 'convergence' led by Brazil

Chile is confident that in coming months there will be 'significant' advances in a convergence of the Pacific Alliance and Mercosur, said Andres Rebolledo, Chile's Deputy Trade minister during a visit to Brazil.
Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 07:38 UTC
“Chile Day” in London underlines the very close links with the UK

Chilean authorities and business people opened the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday as part of the “Chile Day 2014” which is the country's foremost promotion event abroad for the financial and business sectors. UK Foreign Office Minister of State for Latin America Hugo Swire underlined that Chile in “a key partner in the region”.