Chile

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Chilean President signs into law Arms Control Bill

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Thursday signed into law the Arms Control Bill after nearly 14 years of Parliamentary debate. The new norm regulates the possession, trafficking, and use of firearms in a more strict manner.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  Boric picks human rights expert with LSE credentials for Cabinet Chief role

  

  Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric has announced he chose human rights expert Matías Meza-Lopehandía Glaesser as his next Cabinet Chief when he takes office on March 11.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Chilean salmon industry shows how strong and influential it can be

  

  The request from indigenous peoples in the south of Chile and dozens of domestic and international NGO organizations banning salmon farming in nature-protected areas was again frozen in the Chilean congress and will have to wait for its consideration in the following legislature when the next government takes office.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Gabriel Boric officially proclaimed Chilean president elect; takes office March 11

  

  On Monday the Chilean Elections Qualifying Tribunal, Tricel, officially proclaimed Gabriel Boric as president-elect of Chile, following his victory in the runoff last 19 December. The ceremony was held at the Tricel offices in Santiago but under the most strict security and sanitary measures given the surge in Covid 19 cases.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:19 UTC

  Consecutive fires hit Chilean town of Iquique

  

  A fire in Iquique, in the Tarapacá region, has left some 400 Chileans homeless, including 15 injured Monday, but no fatalities were reported. But when things seemed to be getting back to normal, a second fire not far from the previous one added to the locals' nightmare.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:06 UTC

  Chile: Boric wants pardon for all those prosecuted for 2019 Social Outbreak

  

  Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric has asked his country's Parliament to approve a general pardon for all those still detained or facing criminal charges for their involvement in the Social Outbreak of 2019.

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:32 UTC

  Chile's physicians discourage traveling to Argentina due to Omicron

  

  Chile's Medical College said that the coronavirus situation in Argentina was “critical” as a result of the Omicron variant and advised against traveling to the neighboring country.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Chile's Senate approves yet another extension of State of Exception

  

  Chile's Upper House Tuesday afternoon approved yet another extension to the State of Constitutional Exception in the provinces of Bío Bío and Arauco, in the Bío Bío region, and in those of Malleco and Cautín, in La Araucanía.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  New Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad

  

  Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose return to the Planalto Palace seems unstoppable.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:54 UTC

  The Battle for Boric's Soul

  

  By Jorge Castañeda - Chile has long been something of a bellwether in Latin America. So, when Chilean voters elected the left-wing Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student leader, as president on Sunday, the rest of Latin America wanted to know: What does this mean for Chile – and for us?