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Montevideo, April 27th 2026 - 16:26 UTC

Chile

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 21:34 UTC

    Superflu makes it to Argentina and Brazil

    The primary concern for health officials remains low vaccination uptake

    Health authorities across South America are on high alert following the confirmed detection of the Influenza A (H3N2) “K subclade” in Argentina and Brazil. The variant, which has already triggered emergency protocols in Chile and Bolivia, is characterized by genetic mutations that may increase transmissibility, though experts emphasize it does not currently appear to be more lethal than standard flu strains.

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

    Health alerts issued in Chile and Bolivia following superflu detections

    Health authorities in both countries insisted that current influenza vaccines remain the most effective defense against severe illness and death

    Health authorities in Chile and Bolivia have activated emergency epidemiological protocols following the confirmed arrival of a new, highly transmissible variant of Influenza A (H3N2), known as the K subclade (also referred to as “supereflu”).

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 14:04 UTC

    Chile's Central Bank cuts interest rate to 4.5%

    Domestic and foreign factors influenced the Central Bank's decision

    Chile's Central Bank Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lower the Monetary Policy Rate (TPM) to 4.5% in response to a faster-than-anticipated decline in inflation and a stabilizing global economic outlook after holding rates at 4.75% during its previous session.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 21:56 UTC

    Milei and Kast signal “new era” of bilateral ties

    “Freedom is advancing throughout Latin America,” Kast pointed out. “Long live freedom, damn it,” replied Milei

    In his first international trip since winning Chile's runoff election, President-elect José Antonio Kast met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. Kast's trip marked a milestone in the relationship between the two Southern Cone nations.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Kast meets with Boric before trip to BA for talks with Milei

    Kast is meeting Tuesday with Milei to further cement regional alliances

    Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast emerged from his first transition meeting with incumbent President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Palace on Monday, promising that his incoming administration will be a “much broader government” focused on national unity to address priority issues.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Kast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile

    “I will be the president of all Chileans, without exception,” Kast underlined in his victory message

    Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Chile headed for pivotal runoff elections

    Political analysts widely view the election as a contest between extremes

    Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a high-stakes runoff that pits the governing leftist coalition against the hard-right opposition. The election is highly polarized and will determine the direction of the country amid growing concerns over security, migration, and economic stagnation.

  • Wednesday, December 10th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Coincidences and differences noted in Chile's last debate before runoff

    Both Jara and Kast agreed that Maduro needs to step down

    The last presidential debate ahead of Sunday's runoff in Chile between the far-left candidate Jeanette Jara and the ultraconservative José Antonio left mixed feelings Tuesday evening in Santiago as the country prepares for a continuation of Gabriel Boric Font's policies or a sharp U-turn.

  • 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.