Chile

Friday, November 25th 2022 - 07:51 UTC
Yellow alert maintained around Chile's Villarrica volcano

Chilean authorities Thursday insisted on their yellow alert regarding a possible eruption by the Villarrica volcano. “The definition of a potential danger zone consisting of a radius of 500 meters around the crater is maintained,” the National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) said in a statement.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 19:51 UTC
Son of Chilean rebel group leader arrested after arson attacks

Chilean authorities have arrested a son of Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) leader Héctor Llaitul, it was reported in Santiago.
Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:34 UTC
Chile pressured to take sides in USA-China feud

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font said Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, that his administration had been pressured “to say which side we are on” in the escalating tension between China and the United States which is focused mainly on the issue of Taiwan.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 22:09 UTC
Bachelet, Duhalde, Mujica and other Latin American leaders ask Maduro to restore Unasur

A group of former South American presidents, foreign ministers, high-ranking officials, lawmakers, and intellectuals Monday sent a letter to Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro inviting him to join their initiative to relaunch the Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish name).
Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 13:19 UTC
South American Corporation to bid for 2030 World Cup created

The governments of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay Friday launched the Corporación Juntos 2030, a body to jointly bid for the hosting of the 2030 football World Cup.
Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Chilean President likens Mapuches to Nazis

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font said during his first visit as head of state to La Araucanía that the Mapuche groups carrying out terrorist attacks in the area were “cowards,” and likened their actions to those of the Nazis in the 1930s.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Chile's interannual inflation on downward path

Chile's inflation in October reached 0.5 % over the previous month, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported this week. The new figure means an accumulated 11.4 % in the first ten months of 2022 and 12.8 % interannually.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 22:32 UTC
Exports of Chilean fruit looking at bright future ahead

Chile's Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile (Fedefruta) has reported exports this season could be “very good for everyone,” thanks to favorable weather, it was reported Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:48 UTC
Yellow Alert decreed in Chile over increasing volcanic activity

Chilean authorities have issued a Yellow Alert for the communes of Villarrica, Pucón, and Curarrehue in the region of La Araucanía, and for Panguipulli, in Los Ríos after an increase in activity by the Villarrica volcano was detected.
Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:32 UTC
Boric launches bill to change Chile's pension system

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font has submitted before Congress a bill to end the pension fund administrators system created under dictator Augusto Pinochet.