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Montevideo, February 4th 2026 - 05:08 UTC

Chile

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Chile headed for pivotal runoff elections

    Political analysts widely view the election as a contest between extremes

    Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a high-stakes runoff that pits the governing leftist coalition against the hard-right opposition. The election is highly polarized and will determine the direction of the country amid growing concerns over security, migration, and economic stagnation.

  • Wednesday, December 10th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Coincidences and differences noted in Chile's last debate before runoff

    Both Jara and Kast agreed that Maduro needs to step down

    The last presidential debate ahead of Sunday's runoff in Chile between the far-left candidate Jeanette Jara and the ultraconservative José Antonio left mixed feelings Tuesday evening in Santiago as the country prepares for a continuation of Gabriel Boric Font's policies or a sharp U-turn.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    Chilean Army Captain dies in paragliding accident

    Parallel investigations are being conducted by local prosecutors and the DGAC

    An active-duty Chilean Army captain died on Friday after crashing his paraglider on a hillside south of Iquique, in the area known as Palo Buque. The location is frequently used for paragliding training. Chilean regulations treat paragliding as a form of non-conventional flight, requiring adherence to strict safety protocols, formal certification, and respect for established airspace rules.

  • Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

    Chile's ENAP to get oil supply from Vaca Muerta through Trans-Andean pipeline

    Any crude not processed by Chilean refineries can be re-exported via Enap's Pacific Ocean facilities

    Chile's State-owned oil company, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap), has finalized a colossal import deal worth US$12 billion with major Argentine energy producers, securing a critical long-term supply from the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.

  • Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

    Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile

    “A 73% increase in the total rate of victims between 2022 and 2024,” Quesille said

    Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.

  • Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC

    Surveys show Kast ahead in Chilean runoff

    Kast remains the clear frontrunner against the leftist Jara

    Recent polling in Chile's presidential runoff election, scheduled for December 14, indicates that conservative leader José Antonio Kast holds a commanding lead over the governing coalition's candidate, Jeannette Jara.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

    Monday's meeting between officials from both countries will result in a committee to address this issue henceforth

    Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    Change of British Ambassador to Chile: David William Concar

    In March 2026, David William Concar will assume the position of ambassador to the Republic of Chile.

    David William Concar has been appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, succeeding Ms Louise de Sousa, who will take up another post within the Diplomatic Service. Mr Concar is expected to assume his new role in March 2026.

  • Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

    Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

    Cordero claimed the outbound flow of migrants was “relatively normal”

    Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:41 UTC

    Chinese fishing fleet raises concerns in Chile

    The Chinese fleet is not retreating; it is merely reorganizing

    The presence of the Chinese fishing fleet off the Pacific coast of South America has evolved to a permanent event, its structural operation dramatically reshaping geopolitical and environmental balances in Chile.