Chile

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Allende's niece and a Latin woman member of Biden's cabinet will attend the inauguration of Boric in Chile

  

  Renowned Chilean Latin-American writer Isabel Allende will be part of the United States government delegation to the taking office of Chilean elected president Gabriel Boric, on Friday 11 March, according to a release from the White House.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Chilean Deputies pass State of Exception for southern provinces

  

  Chile's Lower House Monday passed 73 votes in favor, 41 against, and five abstentions the renewal of the State of Exception in four southern provinces in the Bíobio and La Araucanía regions. The measure still has to be approved by the Senate.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Chile excludes Russian companies from Latin America's largest Air and Space show

  

  The Chilean Ministry of Defense announced it will withdraw the invitation to all Russian companies which were scheduled to participate in the 2022 edition of the International Air and Space Show, the largest in Latin America.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Chilean Army chief resigns amid corruption scandal

  

  Chile's Army Chief, General Ricardo Martínez Menanteau, has turned in his resignation a day before testifying in the case known as “Milicogate” or “Army Fraud.”

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Falklands Government confirms compassionate charter flight to Chile 19 March

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) can confirm that it intends to charter a flight to Chile from the Falkland Islands on Saturday 19 March 2022, returning Saturday 9 April 2022. The flight will only stop in both Punta Arenas and Santiago on the outbound and return journeys.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Chile submits report on the extended continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula

  

  The Chilean foreign minister Carolina Valdivia on Monday submitted to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf the report on the extended continental shelf to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. This is closely linked to Chile's role in scientific research and conservation issues.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  Steel cutting ceremony to build multipurpose vessels for the Chilean navy

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera headed on Sunday the steel cutting ceremony for the building of the first, --out of four--, multipurpose vessel, to be incorporated to the country's navy. Also present at the ceremony were Defense minister Baldo Prokurica and the commander in chief of the navy, Admiral Juan Andrés de la Maza.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 22:54 UTC

  Chile's Constitution to include abortion and sexual rights?

  

  A Committee within Chile's Constitutional Convention Wednesday greenlighted a set of articles granting sexual and reproductive rights, which will now be put up for a plenum approval to be added to the country's new Fundamental Law.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  COVID-19 starts decline in Chile, minister says

  

  Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris Monday said contagion of COVID-19 had already rached its peak Feb. 11 when 38,446 new cases were recorded, but it has been dropping ever since.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Chilean fishermen want “Ministry of the Sea” created

  

  Non-industrial fishermen in the Chilean city of Osorno have requested President-elect Gabriel Boric to create a Ministry of the Sea and insisted on the need to change the Fisheries Law so as to eliminate trawling.