Chile

• Monday, July 18th 2022 - 08:25 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego awards Chilean and Nicaraguan ambassadors Malvinas Feat 40th anniversary medallion

  

  Ambassadors from Chile and Nicaragua in Argentina visited the province of Tierra del Fuego where they were awarded medals commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Malvinas Feat, and were congratulated for their respective governments' unrelenting support to the Malvinas Cause.

• Monday, July 18th 2022 - 07:03 UTC

  Fewer Chileans would reject new Constitution; still not enough

  

  A new survey released Sunday in Santiago showed that the number of Chileans who would approve the new Constitution is on the rise against the rejection group, while President Gabriel Boric Font's approval rating has slightly from a slump just a few months after his inauguration.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Chilean deputies create committee to investigate Conviasa A-340 flights

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday approved the creation of a special committee to investigate the case of the Airbus A-340-600 with Venezuelan registration YV-3533 bearing flag carrier Conviasa's colors which has reportedly landed around 13 times in Santiago this year, probably carrying Iranian passengers with unclear intentions, it was announced.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Milestone Parliament debate on Queen's Guards iconic bear skin caps

  

  A milestone debate took place in the House of Commons on Monday, during which Members of Parliament from several political parties scrutinized the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) continued use of real bear fur for the Queen’s Guard’s caps and spoke passionately about the need to switch to faux fur.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 13:08 UTC

  Inflation in Chile at record level since June 1994

  

  Inflation in Chile reached 0,9% in June, 7,1% in the first half of the year and 12,5% in the last twelve months, which is the highest since 28 years, in June 1994.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Chilean court ruling grants right to non-binary ID

  

  A ruling by Chile's Judiciary where a Law School team represented the plaintiffs has recognized -based on the examples of Colombia, Argentina, and Canada- the right of non-binary gender people of legal age to change their birth certificate and mark it with an “X” instead of “feminine” or “masculine,” it was reported in Santiago.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Face masks again become mandatory in Punta Arenas because of Covid and respiratory viruses

  

  Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, southern Chile, have again reinstated the mandatory use of face masks in closed spaces and in open places where people can't keep a physical distance of at least one meter. Likewise massive events will have a maximum presence of 10,000 people with face masks, and there will also be limits to the Mobility Pass, unless space allows a one meter distance minimum.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Punta Arenas looking ahead to a recovered 2022/23 cruise season with 150 calls

  

  After almost three disastrous years for the international tourism industry and in particular, for the cruise business, Chilean operators are focused on the coming 2022/23 season, point out industry sources in Punta Arenas, the extreme south of Chile, and a hub for Antarctic tours.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Boric given draft of new Chilean Constitution

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday received the draft of the new Constitution after one year of work by the Assembly. The document is now to be put up for approval through a referendum in September.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Farmed salmon industry booming and has become the main global fisheries export

  

  Farmed salmon exports totaled US$ 27.6 billion in 2020, surpassing exports of other categories of fish, according to the latest release of a biennial report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).