Chile

• Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Chief prosecutor of Chile's new special unit appointed

  

  Chile's Chief Prosecutor Ángel Valencia has appointed Miguel Ángel Orellana as the first head of the new Supraterritorial Prosecutor's Office (FST) created specifically to combat organized crime and highly complex transnational cases. Until now, Orellana served as chief prosecutor for High-Complexity Cases at the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor's Office.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 19:48 UTC

  Chile: Supreme Court rules online gambling illegal unless expressly authorized

  

  The Third Constitutional Chamber of Chile's Supreme Court upheld by three votes to two an appeal filed by the Concepción Lottery, ruling that various telecommunications companies —including Claro, Entel, GTD, Telefónica (Movistar), WOM, and VTR— must immediately block all illegal online betting websites accessible in the country.

• Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 08:56 UTC

  Falklands, First Chilean Consul in the Islands was FIC General Manager in 1877

  

  This week 148 years ago, Queen Victoria signed and approved the appointment of British citizen Frederick E. Cobb as the first Consul of Chile in the Falkland Islands. According to the Chilean digital News agency Infogate, the message was published in the “Stanley Gazette”, September 1877.

• Thursday, September 25th 2025 - 09:10 UTC

  Orsi and Topolansky honor Mujica at event in New York

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi was the main speaker on Wednesday in New York during the so-called Mujica Initiative Forum, an event within the 80th United Nations General Assembly hosted by the Pan American Congress to honor the late José Pepe Mujica, a former head of State of the South American country and a key leftwing leader in the Americas.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 08:55 UTC

  Chile launches Bachelet's candidacy for UN top position

  

  During his message before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font officially nominated former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as a candidate for the next UN Secretary-General.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 20:48 UTC

  LATAM places orders for 24 Embraer E195-E2 jets

  

  LATAM Airlines placed orders this week for the purchase of up to 74 Brazilian-built Embraer E195-E2 passenger jets to expand its network of regional destinations.

• Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine outlet denounces Chilean and Uruguayan help to Royal Air Force

  

  Argentine outlet criticized a Royal Air Force (RAF) transport Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft stopping in Chile and Uruguay on its way to the Falkland Islands, questioning the role of the two South American countries in the British strategy to maintain a permanent military presence in the South Atlantic, despite UN resolutions urging a resolution to the sovereignty dispute with Argentina.

• Saturday, September 20th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Chile's Supreme Court gives nod to Dominga mining project

  

  Chile's Supreme Court sided this week with mining company Andes Iron, effectively reviving its controversial Dominga mining project after a 12-year legal battle.

• Friday, September 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Falklands’ successful trade, energy and business mission to Chile

  

  A Falkland Islands business delegation has just returned from a week in Chile, where they explored opportunities in sustainable energy, innovation and connections between the two countries.

• Thursday, September 18th 2025 - 12:59 UTC

  Legislative Assembly marks Chilean Independence Day

  

  Today, the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands extends warm greetings to the Government and people of Chile as they celebrate their Independence Day.