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Montevideo, October 21st 2025 - 00:17 UTC

Chile

  • Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Montevideo remains the most expensive city in the region

    The Uruguayan capital ranked 42nd in the world according to Mercer's list released this week

    Montevideo remained South America's most expensive place to live according to the Mercer Ranking released this week, closely followed by Buenos Aires, a place that has been moving up fast since President Javier Milei's Dec. 10, 2023, inauguration. The list helps multinational employers plan their strategies regarding compensations and other expenses, it was explained. Hong Kong stayed at the top, followed by Singapore, and Sitzerland's Zurich, Geneva, and Basel.

  • Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 19:26 UTC

    Hike in electricity bills burdening Chile's inflation policy

    Chile needed not to repeat Argentina's disproportionate fare increases, Ramos explained

    A recent increase in electricity bills has Chile's Central Bank needing to postpone getting the South American country's inflation under control, according to the Monetary Policy Report (IPoM) for June 2024 released Wednesday.

  • Tuesday, June 18th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    Bullrich apologizes for remarks regarding Hezbollah's alleged presence in Chile

    Bullrich told Tohá over the telephone that her comments had been made when analyzing the regional scenario and with no animosity toward Chile

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font declared the diplomatic incident over after Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich apologized for saying that the terrorist organization Hezbollah was operating in the Chilean port of Iquique. “It seems to me that it is tremendously important that the authorities be responsible in their statements and affirmations,” said Boric.

  • Tuesday, June 18th 2024 - 09:18 UTC

    Tribute to Piñera scheduled for Tuesday in Santiago

    According to Chilean media, Lacalle will be the only sitting president to attend Piñera's tribute

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou left for Santiago late Monday to participate in a tribute at the Universidad del Desarrollo's auditorium organized by the Grupo Libertad y Democracia to late Chilean president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014 and 2018-2022). Piñera died in February in a helicopter accident while piloting the aircraft.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 19:58 UTC

    Argentina to remove solar panels Tuesday, weather permitting

    “Remove the solar panels as soon as possible or we will,” warned a Boric not as tolerant as Chile's Foreign Minister van Klaveren

    Argentina's Navy will remove the solar panels mistakenly placed in Chilean territory after President Gabriel Boric Font warned that his country would take action if Buenos Aires failed to comply at the earliest time possible.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentina installs solar panels in Chilean territory by mistake

    Faurie said the items could not be removed until the summer but some Chilean lawmakers want them demolished at once

    Argentina's Ambassador to Santiago Jorge Faurie admitted his country had made a mistake when solar panels were placed three meters into Chilean territory in Tierra del Fuego, which triggered a diplomatic incident between the two countries.

  • Saturday, June 8th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

    Unprotected red hydrocoral species found in Strait of Magellan

    The “Errina Antarctica” species does not have any type of protection even though it is found in Chile in a vulnerable state of conservation

    Scientists in southern Chile have found in the Strait of Magellan a type of red hydrocoral, consisting of immobile animals similar in appearance to a plant or a rock. The specimens of “Errina Antarctica” were discovered in the Kawésqar National Reserve, a protected marine area more than 3,000 km from Santiago, it was reported Friday.

  • Wednesday, June 5th 2024 - 09:34 UTC

    USS George Washington crosses into Chilean waters

    The USS George Washington is due in Valparaíso on June 11

    Chile's Navy confirmed Tuesday through a posting on X that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington had crossed the Strait of Magellan into Pacific Ocean waters and was on her way to Valparaíso. Accompanying the vessel were the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet tanker USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189).

  • Tuesday, June 4th 2024 - 20:42 UTC

    Llaitul goes on hunger strike to demand a prompt Chilean Supreme Court review of his case

    Llaitul, 56, is one of the founders of the CAM, the oldest radical group in southern Chile claiming to defend ancestral land rights

    Convicted Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul Monday went on a hunger strike from his Chilean prison to protest against his 23-year jail sentence for timber theft, usurpation of land, and assault on authorities since the 1990s.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 07:53 UTC

    Chile joins South Africa's claim against Israel before the ICJ

    “We also demand the release of the hostages” held by Hamas, Boric stressed

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font announced Saturday that it would be joining South Africa as plaintiffs in the genocide case filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands.