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Montevideo, December 11th 2025 - 21:53 UTC

Chile

  • Tuesday, February 14th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Falklands flagged “RRS Sir David Attenborough” in Chile irks the nerves of Argentine senators

    Tierra del Fuego Senator Pablo Daniel Blanco and his peer from Santa Cruz, María Belén Tapia addressed ministers Cafiero and Taiana requesting if they were aware of the UK icebreaker

    Two Argentine opposition Senators have requested the Foreign affairs and Defense Ministries to report on the ”unrestricted movements of the UK RRS Sir David Attenborough, flying the 'illegal flag of the Falklands', and sailing between Port Stanley (Puerto Argentino) and Punta Arena (Chile), and the implicit and vital logistic support provided to the vessel by the government of Chile.”

  • Tuesday, February 14th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Chilean Central Bank, “still too early to consider cuts to borrowing costs”

    Prices rose 0.8% from the month prior, more than all estimates in a market survey that had a 0.5% median forecast

    Chile’s annual inflation eased to 12,3% in January, but consumer prices rose well above forecast in the first month of 2023 January as the costs of food and beverages jumped, strengthening the central bank’s argument that it’s still too early to consider cuts to borrowing costs.

  • Monday, February 13th 2023 - 21:22 UTC

    Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet was “poisoned”, says his family

    “We now know that the 'clostridium botulinum' should not have been in the skeleton,” said Rodolfo Reyes, the poet's nephew.

    International experts will reveal on Wednesday that the bacteria found in the remains of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda “was in his body at the time of death,” which would prove that he was “poisoned” 12 days after the 1973 military coup, his family told EFE in an exclusive interview.

  • Monday, February 13th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Chile: Poll shows Boric's popularity slightly improving from worse to just bad

    31 people have been arrested for arson

    The Government of Chile failed to make timely decisions to fight the forest fires that broke out in the southern and central parts of the country, according to 68% of respondents to a survey by pollsters Cadem released on Sunday, which also showed the popularity of President Gabriel Boric Font slightly improving.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Evacuations ordered in Chile as wildfires run amok

    Eight people have been arrested for their possible involvement in the intentional lighting of the fires, Dresdner explained

    Chile's National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) Wednesday ordered the evacuation of 14 communes in the regions of Ñuble, Biobío, and La Araucanía, including Nacimiento, Purén, and Contulmo, which have all been particularly affected by the forest fires.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 19:55 UTC

    British business sizes up global trade wins as Malaysia and Chile join Indo-Pacific bloc

    Greg Hands MP. UK Minister of State for Trade Policy, great news for UK businesses

    Malaysia and Chile have officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), meaning British businesses will get better access and lower tariffs in the Malaysian and Chilean markets when the UK joins the dynamic trade bloc.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Foreign Office Travel Advice for the Falklands and Chile

    Most visits to the Falkland Islands are trouble-free and there is little crime or disorder.

    The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated (February 7) its travel advises to the Falkland Islands and to Chile, with the usual main points of its reports: Summary, Coronavirus, Safety and Security, Terrorism, Local Laws and Customs, Entry requirements, Natural Disasters, Health, Money, Travel Advice and Support.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Chile's wildfires death toll reaches 24

    There are also 26 people hospitalized in a serious condition, Monsalve said. Photo: AFP.

    Chilean authorities spoke Sunday of 24 fatalities, nearly 1,000 people injured, and some 800 houses destroyed in the past five days by wildfires spreading fast in amid a highly-irregular heat wave with strong winds and temperatures above 40°C in areas 500 km south of Santiago.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 12:05 UTC

    At least 13 killed in Chile’s wildfires

    Gabriel Boric said there were “indications” that some of the fires were caused by “unauthorized burning.”

    Chilean authorities Friday reported at least 13 people lost their lives amid the raging wildfire that is hitting several parts of the South American country. Two people died when a firefighting helicopter crashed during a mission and 11 others in Santa Juana.

  • Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Parts of Chile under red alert for major forest fires in central region

    Valenzuela said the dry and hot Puelche wind from the eastern cordillera was also expected in the central-southern zone

    The Government of Chile has declared a “red alert” in the central part of the country due to the heat wave stemming from 39 major forest fires as the wave keeps spreading throughout the country, most of them in Araucania (17) but also in Bío Bío (7), Ñuble (7), Maule (4), Los Lagos (3), and one in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.