Chile

Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Boric will not travel to Colombia with Piñera: priority is “organizing my administration's team”

Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boris announced he contacted president Sebastián Piñera to thank him for the invitation to attend the January 26/27 Prosur and Pacific Alliance summits in Colombia, --the current head of government last overseas trip--, but will not join him.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:18 UTC
Chilean zoo vaccinates animals against COVID-19

In addition to having staged one of the most prolific anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaigns on humans, Chile now intends to expand that achievement onto other living beings after three lions, three tigers, three pumas, and an orangutan have been injected at Santiago's Buin Zoo.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and open fire on a hydrant aircraft

The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and destruction attacks, have warned that as long as forestry and construction companies keep ”devastating our resources, and the jails of southern Chile continue full of Mapuche patriots incarcerated, weichan (armed resistance) will not cease to be it under (president) Piñera or (elected president) Boric”.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Chile to start applying fourth dose of COVID-19 vax in 2022

Chilean health authorities Thursday announced a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is to be administered to people over 60 years old, while a survey has shown an overwhelming support for mandatory vaccination at workplaces.
Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:24 UTC
Falklands waiting for Argentine response on the request for a compassionate charter flight to Chile

The Falkland Islands Government Head of Communications has confirmed that “we are still waiting for a response from the Government of Argentina,” on the matter of the Falklands Islands request for a compassionate charter flight to Chile, “so no further information since the request was made eleven days ago.”
Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC
IAPA wants press freedom guaranteed in Chile's new Constitution

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Wednesday asked Chile's Constitutional Convention to “guarantee the broadest access to public information and to prohibit Congress from enacting laws that restrict freedom of the press” in the new text being drafted.
Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:50 UTC
Bolivian lorry drivers stranded in the middle of the Andes with Covid-19 and snow

Scores of Bolivian lorry drivers and their vehicles were reported Monday to be stranded on the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado after at least 200 of them tested positive for COVID-19. They claim they had departed with negative PCR tests from 72 hours before the beginning of their journeys. The border crossing now is closed and snow is falling.
Monday, December 20th 2021 - 23:59 UTC
“Malvinas Argentinas,” Chile's President-elect once told UK Ambassador

Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) was quick to celebrate Gabriel Boric's win in Sunday's presidential runoff in Chile.
Monday, December 20th 2021 - 23:50 UTC
Chilean presidency Sunday runoff manages a record turnout of voters, 56,6%

The Chilean presidency runoff this Sunday attracted more voters than the first round, November 21, when only 47,34% of the registered electorate turned out. In effect with 99% of votes counted, 56,59% of Chileans went to the polls, a total of 8,252.420 which compares with the 7.115.790 of November.
Monday, December 20th 2021 - 12:55 UTC
Boric wins runoff to become Chile's youngest ever President

Leftwing Deputy Gabriel Boric (35) beat first-round frontrunner Conservative José Antonio Kast in Sunday's presidential runoff to become Chile's youngest-ever head of state. After more than 90% of the votes were counted, Boric led by 56% against Kast's 44%.