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Montevideo, April 6th 2026 - 12:26 UTC

Chile

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    Chilean Army Captain dies in paragliding accident

    Parallel investigations are being conducted by local prosecutors and the DGAC

    An active-duty Chilean Army captain died on Friday after crashing his paraglider on a hillside south of Iquique, in the area known as Palo Buque. The location is frequently used for paragliding training. Chilean regulations treat paragliding as a form of non-conventional flight, requiring adherence to strict safety protocols, formal certification, and respect for established airspace rules.

  • Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

    Chile's ENAP to get oil supply from Vaca Muerta through Trans-Andean pipeline

    Any crude not processed by Chilean refineries can be re-exported via Enap's Pacific Ocean facilities

    Chile's State-owned oil company, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap), has finalized a colossal import deal worth US$12 billion with major Argentine energy producers, securing a critical long-term supply from the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.

  • Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

    Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile

    “A 73% increase in the total rate of victims between 2022 and 2024,” Quesille said

    Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.

  • Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC

    Surveys show Kast ahead in Chilean runoff

    Kast remains the clear frontrunner against the leftist Jara

    Recent polling in Chile's presidential runoff election, scheduled for December 14, indicates that conservative leader José Antonio Kast holds a commanding lead over the governing coalition's candidate, Jeannette Jara.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

    Monday's meeting between officials from both countries will result in a committee to address this issue henceforth

    Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    Change of British Ambassador to Chile: David William Concar

    In March 2026, David William Concar will assume the position of ambassador to the Republic of Chile.

    David William Concar has been appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, succeeding Ms Louise de Sousa, who will take up another post within the Diplomatic Service. Mr Concar is expected to assume his new role in March 2026.

  • Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

    Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

    Cordero claimed the outbound flow of migrants was “relatively normal”

    Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:41 UTC

    Chinese fishing fleet raises concerns in Chile

    The Chinese fleet is not retreating; it is merely reorganizing

    The presence of the Chinese fishing fleet off the Pacific coast of South America has evolved to a permanent event, its structural operation dramatically reshaping geopolitical and environmental balances in Chile.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:56 UTC

    Chile launches “Cherry Express” to China season

    Cherry production accounts for 30% of jobs in Chile's fruit sector

    Chile has officially begun its 2025-2026 fresh cherry export season by sea, with the first dedicated “Cherry Express” ships sailing directly from the Port of San Antonio to China this week. The season is heavily reliant on the Asian market, which purchases approximately 93% of all Chilean cherry exports.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 07:47 UTC

    Boric rebukes Trump's instructions to single out countries endorsing progressive agendas

    Boric's government classified Ambassador Judd's comments as “inappropriate and unfortunate”

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font strongly rebuked US President Donald Trump's instructions to American embassies to “take note” of countries whose authorities promote or finance diversity, abortion, and euthanasia policies. “Chile accepts no form of tutelage. Our sovereignty is not negotiable,” the South American leftwing leader wrote on social media on Friday.