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Chile

  • Monday, February 13th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Chile: Poll shows Boric's popularity slightly improving from worse to just bad

    31 people have been arrested for arson

    The Government of Chile failed to make timely decisions to fight the forest fires that broke out in the southern and central parts of the country, according to 68% of respondents to a survey by pollsters Cadem released on Sunday, which also showed the popularity of President Gabriel Boric Font slightly improving.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Evacuations ordered in Chile as wildfires run amok

    Eight people have been arrested for their possible involvement in the intentional lighting of the fires, Dresdner explained

    Chile's National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) Wednesday ordered the evacuation of 14 communes in the regions of Ñuble, Biobío, and La Araucanía, including Nacimiento, Purén, and Contulmo, which have all been particularly affected by the forest fires.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 19:55 UTC

    British business sizes up global trade wins as Malaysia and Chile join Indo-Pacific bloc

    Greg Hands MP. UK Minister of State for Trade Policy, great news for UK businesses

    Malaysia and Chile have officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), meaning British businesses will get better access and lower tariffs in the Malaysian and Chilean markets when the UK joins the dynamic trade bloc.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Foreign Office Travel Advice for the Falklands and Chile

    Most visits to the Falkland Islands are trouble-free and there is little crime or disorder.

    The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated (February 7) its travel advises to the Falkland Islands and to Chile, with the usual main points of its reports: Summary, Coronavirus, Safety and Security, Terrorism, Local Laws and Customs, Entry requirements, Natural Disasters, Health, Money, Travel Advice and Support.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Chile's wildfires death toll reaches 24

    There are also 26 people hospitalized in a serious condition, Monsalve said. Photo: AFP.

    Chilean authorities spoke Sunday of 24 fatalities, nearly 1,000 people injured, and some 800 houses destroyed in the past five days by wildfires spreading fast in amid a highly-irregular heat wave with strong winds and temperatures above 40°C in areas 500 km south of Santiago.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 12:05 UTC

    At least 13 killed in Chile’s wildfires

    Gabriel Boric said there were “indications” that some of the fires were caused by “unauthorized burning.”

    Chilean authorities Friday reported at least 13 people lost their lives amid the raging wildfire that is hitting several parts of the South American country. Two people died when a firefighting helicopter crashed during a mission and 11 others in Santa Juana.

  • Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Parts of Chile under red alert for major forest fires in central region

    Valenzuela said the dry and hot Puelche wind from the eastern cordillera was also expected in the central-southern zone

    The Government of Chile has declared a “red alert” in the central part of the country due to the heat wave stemming from 39 major forest fires as the wave keeps spreading throughout the country, most of them in Araucania (17) but also in Bío Bío (7), Ñuble (7), Maule (4), Los Lagos (3), and one in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

  • Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:29 UTC

    Chilean airlines will reimburse cost of boarding taxes under certain conditions

    LATAM, Sky, Avianca, Jetsmart, Aerolineas Argentinas and COPA agreed to reimburse the boarding taxes cost for flights not done between May first 2015 and 24 December 2021

    Chile's national Consumer Service, Sernac is calling all consumers who purchased tickets directly from airlines between 2015 and 201l and did not make use of them, to claim from the companies the reimbursement of the boarding taxes paid.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 19:58 UTC

    Supplies and staff arrive at Uruguay's Artigas base in Antarctica

    The ROU 04 General Artigas was fully re-engined last year in Uruguay

    After departing from Montevideo on Jan. 16, Uruguayan Navy's logistics vessel ROU 04 “General Artigas” has arrived in Antarctica as part of the Antarkos 2022-2023 campaign to deliver supplies to the Artigas Scientific Base.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:10 UTC

    Boric and Scholz review human rights and clean energy

    Chile and Latin America have not been a priority of German foreign policy until Scholz came to power in December 2021

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Santiago this past weekend from Argentina and met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font at the La Moneda Palace. Both leaders discussed bilateral issues in what was their second encounter after the one in September last in New York during the 77th UN General Assembly.