Chile

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Several Chilean salmon farming companies reported for contamination

  

  The Chilean Fisheries Department, Sernapesca has confirmed the appearance of garbage on the beaches of Riesco Island, which have been identified as belonging to nearby salmon farms. The companies reported are, Austral S.A, Australis; Blumar; and Magallanes SpA, and have been notified and have ten days to clear the beaches.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Chile extends agriculture emergency three months because of lack of rain

  

  Chile has decided to extend for three months the agriculture emergency decree to 231 farming communities in the central part of the country because of the lack of rainfall and severe drought.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  KLM to resume route between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile

  

  Effective March 27, Dutch carrier KLM will drop its nonstop route between Amsterdam and Santiago de Chile but will continue to serve that destination from Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Chile's to become “plurinational” state under new Constitution?

  

  Chile's Constitutional Convention has agreed to redefine the country as a “Plurinational State” which will also recognize the self-government of native peoples, it was announced Wednesday in Santiago.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Restoring diplomatic ties with Chile hinges on maritime issue, Bolivian gov't says

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday urged the new Chilean Government to discuss the maritime dispute between the two countries, on which the future of ties necessarily hinges.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 22:02 UTC

  Chilean gov't to push for pardons regarding Oct. 2019 protests

  

  After its first week in office with acceptable ratings of approval, the Chilean government of President Gabriel Boric Font is eager to speed the passing of an amnesty bill to favor those who were arrested during the Oct. 2019 protests, it was reported in Santiago.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Climate change, weak markets and high costs challenge wool farmers in Punta Arenas

  

  After two years running with no shows, on Sunday ended the 69th Livestock Exposition of Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile and which took place at Punta Arenas. Following a parade of the best cattle and sheep, there was a display of Chilean horses and riders' skills, and a colorful performance by the Municipal Folklore Ballet.

• Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Chile: Boric signs environmental agreement Piñera had discarded

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed the so-called Escazú environmental agreement, which his predecessor Sebastián Piñera discarded at the last minute after having sponsored it. “We have changed course,” Boric said.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Chilean drought: Santiago faces water rationing in second half of 2022

  

  Chilean president Gabriel Boric has called on Metropolitan Santiago residents to make rational use of drinking water, since the situation is extremely serious, following several years of drought and or insufficient rainfall.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:18 UTC

  Interior Minister's motorcade greeted with gunshots by Mapuche group in Chile

  

  Chile's new Interior Minister Izkia Siches escaped unharmed after her motorcade in La Araucanía was halted and gunshots were fired into the air in Temucuicui, some 670 kilometers south of Santiago.