Chile

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 19:51 UTC

  Son of Chilean rebel group leader arrested after arson attacks

  

  Chilean authorities have arrested a son of Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) leader Héctor Llaitul, it was reported in Santiago.

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Chile pressured to take sides in USA-China feud

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font said Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, that his administration had been pressured “to say which side we are on” in the escalating tension between China and the United States which is focused mainly on the issue of Taiwan.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 22:09 UTC

  Bachelet, Duhalde, Mujica and other Latin American leaders ask Maduro to restore Unasur

  

  A group of former South American presidents, foreign ministers, high-ranking officials, lawmakers, and intellectuals Monday sent a letter to Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro inviting him to join their initiative to relaunch the Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish name).

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 13:19 UTC

  South American Corporation to bid for 2030 World Cup created

  

  The governments of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay Friday launched the Corporación Juntos 2030, a body to jointly bid for the hosting of the 2030 football World Cup.

• Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Chilean President likens Mapuches to Nazis

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font said during his first visit as head of state to La Araucanía that the Mapuche groups carrying out terrorist attacks in the area were “cowards,” and likened their actions to those of the Nazis in the 1930s.

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Chile's interannual inflation on downward path

  

  Chile's inflation in October reached 0.5 % over the previous month, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported this week. The new figure means an accumulated 11.4 % in the first ten months of 2022 and 12.8 % interannually.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 22:32 UTC

  Exports of Chilean fruit looking at bright future ahead

  

  Chile's Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile (Fedefruta) has reported exports this season could be “very good for everyone,” thanks to favorable weather, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  Yellow Alert decreed in Chile over increasing volcanic activity

  

  Chilean authorities have issued a Yellow Alert for the communes of Villarrica, Pucón, and Curarrehue in the region of La Araucanía, and for Panguipulli, in Los Ríos after an increase in activity by the Villarrica volcano was detected.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:32 UTC

  Boric launches bill to change Chile's pension system

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font has submitted before Congress a bill to end the pension fund administrators system created under dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Chile: Leading copper producer reports 10.4% drop in output

  

  Chile's state-owned copper producer Codelco reported Friday a 10.4 % decrease in output in the first three quarters of 2022.