Chile

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 14:45 UTC

  Croatia president to visit his “Chilean-Croatian” peer and Magallanes Region

  

  Croatian president Zoran Milanovic is expected next week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, where he has been declared “illustrious visitor” given his position and the fact he is visiting Magallanes Region where a large Croatian community has been living for over a century.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Jiggers have started crossing from the Pacific to the Atlantic, reports Chilean Navy

  

  The Chilean Navy said it is keeping track of the international fishing fleet (mostly jiggers), transiting through the Magellan Strait from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean which started in November.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 07:05 UTC

  Mercosur countries “are not safe to drink the Water”, CDC advice for travelers

  

  In a long list of “countries where it is not safe to drink water”, figure all South American countries and Mercosur members with the exception of Chile.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Dispute between Chile and Bolivia over Silala settled by ICJ ruling

  

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Thursday announced a ruling validating Chile's claim that the Silala River is an international waterway and calling both parties to cooperate in the preservation of the natural resources in the area.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  No significant changes in Chile's unemployment rate

  

  Unemployment in Chile stood at 8.0 % in the August-October 2022 mobile quarter, according to a report from the National Statistics Institute (INE) released Tuesday, which represented no substantial changes from the previous three months.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  UK suspends tariffs on fruit juices, and Brazil celebrates the decision

  

  Brazilian orange juice shipments to the UK should benefit from the recent decision by the British government to suspend tariffs on concentrated and ready-to-drink juice imports from January first 2023 to 31 December 2024.

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

  Chile targets Brazil to promote and expand exports

  

  Chile is renewing its strategy to increase and diversify exports to the largest economy and market in South America. Spearheaded by ProChile, an arm of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the plan is to expand its network in Brazil with new offices in Brasília and Belo Horizonte.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Exports of Chilean fruit hindered by truckers' strike

  

  A week-long general strike by Chilean lorry drivers is beginning to affect the country's foreign trade as goods fail to reach their ports of shipment. The fruit guild reported Monday that some 30 million kilos of exportable cherries had remained ashore due to the measure.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru's President lands in Chile for bilateral talks

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones and his entourage landed in Santiago on an official tour during which he is to participate in the IV Peru-Chile Binational Cabinet, among other engagements.

• Friday, November 25th 2022 - 07:51 UTC

  Yellow alert maintained around Chile's Villarrica volcano

  

  Chilean authorities Thursday insisted on their yellow alert regarding a possible eruption by the Villarrica volcano. “The definition of a potential danger zone consisting of a radius of 500 meters around the crater is maintained,” the National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) said in a statement.