Chile

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina sends Chile diplomatic note rejecting their “expansive vocation”

  

  Argentina has sent a diplomatic note to the Chilean Government of President Sebastián Piñera rejecting the latter's “expansive vocation” with regards to his most recent decree concerning the continental shelf.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Macron praises Piñera for the political changes; pledges full support to upgrade the Chile/EU trade accord

  

  France praised Chile for its current constitutional process and pledged support for negotiations to upgrade the European Union/Chile trade agreement. President Sebastian Piñera on a tour of European countries was hosted on Monday by his French peer Emmanuel Macron who during a media conference at the Elysée Palace underlined the significance of the political and constitutional transformations taking place in Chile.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Chilean Constitutional Convention VP admits he did not have cancer, sparks controversies

  

  A confession by Chile's Constitutional Convention's former Deputy Vice President Rodrigo Rojas Vade, who admitted it was not true that he had a deadly disease, continues to raise controversy nationwide.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile approves Coronavac for children aged six and older

  

  Chilean health authorities have approved the emergency use of the Sinovac Biotech (CoronaVac) coronavirus vaccine on children aged six years or older, it was announced Monday.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 07:12 UTC

  More arson and terrorist attacks in Mapuche claimed territory, south of Chile

  

  Following on another arson attack in the Chilean region of La Araucanía, the land of the Mapuche indigenous communities, the presidential delegate Victor Manoli has called on Congress to speed legislation “to pursue and arrest the culprits of these terrorist actions”

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 06:46 UTC

  LATAM must reimburse boarding fees to travelers who did not fly

  

  LATAM will have to reimburse boarding fees to all those consumers who purchased air tickets and for different reasons were unable to travel. The decision is a Collective Voluntary Procedure from the Chilean National Consumer Service, Sernac and is estimated to benefit some 400,000 consumers involving some 600 million dollars.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 10:22 UTC

  Chilean company announces first Antarctic cruise on 3 December, from Punta Arenas

  

  A Chilean company Antarctica21 is planning 17 Antarctica cruises this coming season, leaving from Punta Arenas, the first of which is scheduled for December 3rd, with an only vessel the Magellan Explorer.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Nobody goes ashore as ARA Libertad docks in Chilean port of Valparaíso

  

  No crew member of Argentina's training sailship ARA Libertad was allowed to go ashore as the vessel docked in the Chilean port of Valparaíso while diplomatic tension between the two countries mounts.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Chilean central bank surprises markets: basic interest rate doubled to 1,5%

  

  The Monetary Council of the Chilean central bank surprised markets on Monday by deciding to increase the basic interest rate 75 base points to 1,5%, the highest jump since August 2001. According to a bank release, the decision from the council was unanimous, and well beyond market expectations that had estimated an increase of 25 to 50 base points.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Mercosur meat exports facing shortage of containers and regular vessels

  

  Disruptions of global maritime transport and major rivers struck by insufficient water flow to allow vessels to navigate are threatening beef exports Mercosur, including Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, when prices for food commodities are rising all over the world.