Chile

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 17:54 UTC

  Santiago's Stock Exchange booms after Rejection won

  

  Santiago's Stock Exchange reached peak figures Monday after Rejection prevailed in Sunday's referendum, which meant the welfare state failed at least for now to become a reality that would have also included differentiated judiciary systems for native groups.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Foreign Office update travel advice for Chile: protests can turn violent

  

  The latest Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice for Chile, which includes entry requirements, safety, and security, and local laws and customs warns of potential deportation if foreign nationals are involved in protests and demonstrations.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Chile: New Constitution rejected

  

  Nearly 62% of Chilean voters chose to reject the Constitution drafted by an Assembly called on after the 2020 incidents that led to President Gabriel Boric Foont's election.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 08:33 UTC

  IMF Approves Two-Year US$18.5 Billion Flexible Credit Line for Chile

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a two-year arrangement for Chile under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in the amount of SDR 13.954 billion (about US$18.5 billion; 800 percent of quota).

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 19:25 UTC

  Gang brutally beats brother of Chilean President

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's brother Simón was attacked by demonstrators Thursday at the University of Chile in Santiago's Alameda as he tried to prevent an ongoing case of looting, it was reported.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  Boric hopes LatAm would not tolerate a coup in Brazil if Bolsonaro loses

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday said he hoped Latin America would stage a “joint reaction” if a coup d'état takes place in next month's presidential elections in Brazil.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Chile: Mapuche protester arrested after demonstration in Araucania

  

  One person was arrested Tuesday in the Chilean region of La Araucanía after the radical Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) Mapuche indigenist movement staged a demonstration on Route 5 South demanding the release of their incarcerated comrades.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  Chile's planned Constitution still not likely to survive plebiscite

  

  Chile's planned new Constitution seems to be heading for failure in the upcoming September 4 referendum, according to the latest polls, which show up to 56% of the citizenry would vote against it, between 4 and 12 percentage points above those who would approve it.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Chilean scientists discover new bird species in sub-Antarctic island, 100km south of Cape Horn

  

  Amazed Chilean scientists have identified a new bird species, the Sub-Antarctic rayadito in the Diego Ramirez Islands that lie 100 kilometers from southern Chile's Cape Horn.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  Chile: Boric's cabinet suffers first “casualty” due to Mapuche conflict

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday accepted the resignation of Minister of Social Development, Jeannette Vega, after the latter was found to have tried to contact a Mapuche leader arrested earlier this week for acts of violence.