Chile

• Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 17:24 UTC

  Falklands/Chile second shipping link, decisive support from Punta Arenas

  

  To support a second shipping link between the Falkland Islands and Chile, the Municipality of Punta Arenas is hosting a “Business Showroom” on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September 2026.

• Monday, August 31st 2026 - 08:40 UTC

  British Embassy in Santiago contributes to advance offshore wind development in Chile

  

  The British Embassy in Santiago earlier this month organized an event which brought together government authorities, industry representatives and academia to discuss key findings of the reports and explore next steps for the development of offshore wind development in Chile.

• Friday, August 28th 2026 - 12:48 UTC

  Falklands: Chilean shipping line drives new link and promotes Expo with Islands and Punta Arenas products

  

  The formalization of a regular commercial maritime link between the Falklands and Chile, together with the promotion of an Expo of Islands and Chilean products in Punta Arenas, are being pushed with considerable enthusiasm by the Chilean shipping company Easter Island Naviera (EIN), which connects Easter Island with mainland Chile.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 08:42 UTC

  Chile debates a state of emergency of up to eight months without congressional approval

  

  José Antonio Kast's government indicated on Tuesday it was willing to amend the constitutional security reform bill it submitted to the Senate on August 17, after the proposal drew objections both from the opposition and from parties within its own coalition.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2026 - 21:28 UTC

  Argentina acknowledges the Magellan treaties and seeks to defuse friction with Chile

  

  Argentina's foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday reaffirming that its position on the Strait of Magellan is the one established by the 1881 Boundary Treaty and the 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, a day after Chile announced it would send a note of protest over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2026 - 06:04 UTC

  Chile protests to Argentina over a military chief's remarks on the Strait of Magellan

  

  Chile's foreign ministry announced on Monday it will send a note of protest to the Argentine government over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff, Brigadier General Gustavo Javier Valverde, in which he mentioned the Strait of Magellan while referring to sovereignty matters.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:18 UTC

  Kast rules out backing bill that ties abortion access to hearing the fetal heartbeat

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast said on Monday that his government would not push forward a bill introduced by lawmakers from his own coalition that would condition access to legal abortion on a woman agreeing to hear the fetus's cardiac activity.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:37 UTC

  Sixty deputies ask Kast to pardon officers convicted over the 2019 unrest

  

  Sixty Chilean deputies asked President José Antonio Kast on Wednesday to grant individual pardons to members of the Carabineros police force and the armed forces convicted over acts linked to their duties during the protests that began on October 18, 2019.

• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:11 UTC

  Bachelet places fourth in first Security Council straw poll ahead of Uruguay debate

  

  Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet placed fourth in the Security Council's first informal poll on the candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations, held behind closed doors in New York on Thursday.

• Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 09:45 UTC

  Chilean shipping company weighs a monthly route between Punta Arenas and the Falklands

  

  Chilean company Easter Island Naviera (EIL) is considering establishing a monthly cargo shipping service between Punta Arenas and the Falklands, following a visit to the archipelago in which its representatives held around a dozen meetings with local businesses and presented the project to the Islands' chamber of commerce.