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Chile

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    British Foreign Secretary establishes policy towards Latin America in Chile

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly meets English language students from Barranquilla during his tour of Latin America and the Caribbean

    British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will use a keynote speech in the Chilean capital Santiago on Monday 22 May to set out the UK’s future relationship with Latin America.

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC

    Snowfalls leave thousands of Chilean weekend shoppers stranded in Mendoza

    The storm could last until Thursday, according to local media, meaning extra cash for Mendoza hotels and restaurants

    Thousands of Chilean travelers were stranded Sunday in the Argentine province of Mendoza as the Cristo Redentor Path was closed at 3 pm due to bad weather (snow), it was reported. The decision was made jointly by both countries, reported Los Andes. Shortly before, traffic from Uspallata onwards had also been cut off. It is an average one-hour drive from there to Cristo Redentor

  • Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    EU involved in talks with Argentina and Chile to ensure supplies of lithium

    It is estimated that demand for lithium of which Argentina and Chile are crucial suppliers will multiply by twelve by 2030 and twenty by 2050

    The European Union is working on agreements with Argentina and Chile with the purpose of increasing access to critical minerals such as lithium, essential for the batteries of electric automobiles and to comply with the EU's less carbon-intensive economy guidelines.

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Chile ups tax burden on copper mining

    Chile is the world's largest copper producer

    Chile's Lower House Wednesday passed a bill increasing taxation on large copper mining, with which the Government of President Gabriel Boric Font intends to feed the country's coffers, it was reported in Santiago.

  • Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Chile launches Lithium and Salt Flats Committee

    The new body adds to President Boric's lithium strategy outlined last month

    Chile's Government Monday approved the creation of the “Lithium and Salt Flats Committee” to add to the National Lithium Strategy announced last month in areas involving the Economic Development Agency (Corfo) and also as a technical advisory body, it was reported in Santiago.

  • Saturday, May 13th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    UN envoy warns of crisis caused by “Chilean Chernobyl”

    “It is completely unacceptable that children and young people in some communities are growing up without a reliable supply of water,” Boyd said

    David Boyd, the United Nations (UN) envoy for human rights and the environment, warned that Chile is facing a “frightening and interconnected environmental crisis” that is violating the rights of millions of people at the industrial complex known as the “Chilean Chernobyl.”

  • Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Chile denounces Argentina drying up binational river

    Judging by the current water levels, Chilean authorities suspect works continue on the Argentine side of the Vizcachas river

    Following complaints by Chilean ranchers, Santiago sent a note to Argentina for works that dried up the Vizcachas, a transboundary river originating in southeast Santa Cruz and reaching Magallanes. The land owners claim that the binational watercourse has suddenly dried up and denounce that it is due to works carried out on the Argentine side.

  • Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Chilean Army declares red alert after Mapuche arson attacks

    Monsalve also announced a stronger amry deployment in La Araucania as Mapuche violence mounts

    Chile's Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve Wednesday announced that a red alert was being declared in the southern part of the country following arson attacks allegedly perpetrated by Mapuche rebels, it was reported in Santiago.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Chile: Boric enacts new anti-drug trafficking law

    “Chile will finally have a law that strengthens the prosecution of drug trafficking and organized crime,” Boric said

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday signed into law the Anti-Drug Trafficking Bill changing the penal code for drug traffickers and tackling the money trail behind these operations.

  • Monday, May 8th 2023 - 11:36 UTC

    Rightwing parties to control Chile's new constituent assembly

    The far right and the traditional right together have an absolute majority of the seats due to which they will not need to negotiate anything with the left

    José Antonio Kast's far-right Republican Party Sunday scored a resounding victory in the elections to form the 50-member council which will draft a new Constitution for Chile after last year's reformed text was turned down by 62% of the votes in a referendum.