Chile

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 07:01 UTC

  HMS Montrose enjoys warm welcome in Chile

  

  HMS Montrose joined Chile’s party of the year as the country celebrated the 200th birthday of its Navy. The frigate was invited to join old friends – former British warships HMS Grafton, Sheffield and Marlborough, now serving under the Chilean flag – and make new friends in the port of Valparaiso where a series of high-profile anniversary events were staged over nine days.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 12:32 UTC

  Former carabineros Sgt admits he was ordered to lie in Catrillanca case probe

  

  Former Carabineros Sergeant Carlos Alarcón told prosecutors that he and his fellow servicemen were coached to hide the truth from investigators in the death of Mapuche leader Camilo Catrillanca Marín on November 14 in La Araucania, it was reported Tuesday.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 10:21 UTC

  Chilean President Piñera pulls Jungle Commando out of Araucania

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Saturday announced the Carabineros' élite GOPE squad, commonly referred to as “Jungle Commando,” will be withdrawn from the Araucania region, but warned that security in the area will be reinforced nonetheless.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:05 UTC

  Chile pulls out of controversial UN migration pact

  

  Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its interior ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian Piñera's government of “shameful and authoritarian” behavior.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 16:03 UTC

  Feminists oppose renaming Chile's main airport after Pablo Neruda

  

  As the project to rename Santiago's international airport is back under the spotlight, feminist groups have brought the attention to the fact that 1971 Literature Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda is not worthy of that honour.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  UK defense companies and HMS Montrose at Chile's Exponaval 2018

  

  Innovation, partnership and technology transfer are the main themes as the UK is showing a strong commitment to the UK/Chilean defense relationship by sending HMS Montrose a Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate to support the bicentennial celebrations and Exponaval 2018 in Valparaiso, Chile.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Chile recognized as best adventure tourism destination for third consecutive year

  

  For the third consecutive year, Chile is recognized as the best adventure tourism destination in the world at the World Travel Awards that are considered the Oscars of the international tourism industry. The ceremony was held in Lisbon, Portugal last Sunday.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  Anniversary ceremony of the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands

  

  Falkland Islands will commemorate the 8th December 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands with a talk on Wednesday and a full program next Saturday. This Wednesday at the Historic Dockyard Museum, David Bailey will be giving a talk on the Battle of Colonel, and of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 15:47 UTC

  Princess Anne unveils Lord Cochrane monument in Santiago

  

  Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth's only daughter, was in Santiago Thursday to attend the unveiling of a monument honoring local Navy hero Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 13:31 UTC

  Chile's carabineros freeze Jungle Commando training in Colombia

  

  Carabineros Director General Hermes Soto Monday admitted his force would freeze the Jungle Commando training programme in Colombia. “We have no plans to continue sending people to train there,” he said.