Chile

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 05:44 UTC

  COVID-19 variant has reached Magallanes: three positive cases confirmed

  

  The Delta variant of Covid-19 has reached Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile. Three cases were confirmed on Wednesday by the regional Health Care office and the labs from the University of Magallanes.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Fugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation

  

  Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:14 UTC

  No more quarantine for all of Chile starting Wednesday

  

  Chilean health authorities have announced that no commune in the entire country will be under quarantine as of next Wednesday, as a part of the step-by-set program towards normalization.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:07 UTC

  Aeroméxico announces strategic improvements in South American services

  

  Aeroméxico has announced a new seasonal route between Cancún and São Paulo in addition to their new services to Madrid from Guadalajara and Monterrey.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Ex UK consul in Punta Arenas Matheson Rayment dies at the age of 98

  

  Roderick Guillermo Matheson Rayment, the former British consul in Punta Arenas and former dean of the Consular Corps of Magallanes Region has died at the age of 98.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 15:52 UTC

  Chilean agriculture and fruit producers suffering the hydric crisis

  

  Chile faces a “state of shock in agriculture and fruit growing” because of the severity of the hydric crisis and sustained drought, to which must be added the driest July in the country's history, pointed out the president of the Chilean Federation of Fruit Producers, Jorge Valenzuela.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Punta Arenas hit by hurricane force winds, half the city with no power

  

  Punta Arenas extreme south of Chile was hit on Thursday by hurricane-force winds that left a trail of blown roofs, half the city without power, the collapse of several walls, and uprooted trees in city streets.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 19:04 UTC

  Argentina's attempt to have the Magellan Strait defined as a “shared space”

  

  Argentina's attempt, mistaken or in purpose to describe in official policy to its Armed Forces the Magellan Strait and areas of the Drake Passage, as “shared spaces”, have triggered a strong reaction from the Chilean media and nationalist groups.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 10:13 UTC

  Chile in mourning for two days over those who died from COVID-19

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera decreed two days of national mourning Monday and Tuesday (August 9 and 10) in memory of all those who passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina apologizes to Chile for saying Magellan Strait and Drake Passage are shared spaces with joint control

  

  Argentina had to back step and apologize to Chile following on statements that the Magellan Strait and the Drake Passage, were “shared spaces”, and which “both countries jointly explored, studied and controlled”.