Chile

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 09:56 UTC

  Activity at Villarrica volcano warrants upholding yellow alert

  

  Authorities remain on yellow alert regarding the Villarrica volcano after a seismic episode was recorded at 1.07 pm local time on Jan. 1 which was directly linked to the movement of internal fluids, according to monitoring stations

• Saturday, December 31st 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Chile: 11 social protesters and one guerrilla pardoned

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday pardoned 12 prisoners who had been arrested during the 2019 social protests and a former guerrilla who fought against then-dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. In keeping his campaign promise, Boric drew heavy criticism from the opposition.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Chilean timber company leaves highly volatile Argentina

  

  Chilean timber company Masisa Wednesday announced it had liquidated all its assets in Argentina to abandon all its operations in the highly volatile neighboring country.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  Chile: Fire in Viña under control but red alert declared in La Araucanía

  

  Chilean authorities announced late Sunday that the fire in Viña del Mar was under control and declared a red alert for a similar incident in La Araucanía.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 09:01 UTC

  Chile launches the first icebreaker made in South America

  

  The first icebreaker built in Latin America, Almirante Oscar Viel, was launched last week from the state-run naval ASMAR shipyard in Talcahuano, Chile after five years of construction

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Chile: Two people dead, multiple homes burned down in Viña del Mar fire

  

  At least two people have been killed and over 400 homes were burned down in a fire Friday at Viña del Mar, 120 km west of the Chilean capital. Authorities foresee it will take several days to extinguish the fire and the national government has declared a state of catastrophe for the Valparaíso region.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:35 UTC

  Chilean President announces opening of Embassy in Palestine

  

  Palestine authorities Friday welcomed Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's announcement Thursday that the South American country would up the status of its diplomatic mission to the Embassy level.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Low cost Jetsmart returns flying Santiago de Chile/Punta Arenas six times a week

  

  Low cost airline Jetsmart is scheduled to resume flying to Punta Arenas from Santiago de Chile this Thursday, after having recovered the Santiago/Puerto Natales route last 5 December, according to Pablo García general manager for the company in Chile.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Bird flu spreading fast in northern Chile

  

  Chile's Agriculture and Livestock Service Wednesday reported 1,030 bird deaths due to avian flu in northern regions of the country, at the same time Europe goes through the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Chile and EU agree on a new trade association which eliminates most tariffs and promotes investment

  

  The European Union and Chile reached an understanding to modernize their successful twenty years old trade association agreement, which is part of the EU strategy to diversify its suppliers of critical commodities for the green transition and at the same time cut its dependence from China.