Chile

Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:42 UTC
52% of Chileans against digital mobility pass, survey finds out

According to a survey released Sunday, only 45% of Chileans were in favour of the so-called mobility pass the government has been implementing since last week to grant more freedom of movement to people vaccinated with two doses of anticoronavirus immunizers.
Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Cases of covid-19 in Chile back on the upward trend

Despite one of the strongest vaccination campaigns worldwide and particularly in South America, Chile has reported Friday several new covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours which would indicate the pandemic is back on the upward trend.
Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Fully vaccinated Chileans may apply for mobility pass for greater freedom of movement

Despite heavy criticism from medical organizations, the new “mobility pass” is already in use in Chile as of Wednesday for people vaccinated against covid-19 with two doses.
Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 07:26 UTC
Magallanes Region on Monday reported 59 new Covid 19 cases

Health authorities from the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region in the southernmost Patagonian territory reported on Monday 59 new coronavirus contagions, which means the number of active cases in the region stands at 469.
Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Chile's “mobility pass” has an impact on stock exchange and possibly on hosting Copa America

The Government of Chile is working on the development of a so-called “mobility pass” which would grant people already vaccinated against covid-19 greater levels of freedom and mobility within their communes and allow travel between regions for those who are in quarantine, it was announced.
Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Chile and Bolivia go back to negotiating table in Ecuador

The Governments of Chile and Bolivia and Chile held a new round of talks in Ecuador to advance in the normalization of their bilateral relations, it was reported Monday.
Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Magallanes has its first democratically elected governor in 178 years

Next 14th July the southernmost region of Chile, Magallanes and (Chilean) Antarctica, will inaugurate its first democratically elected governor in 178 years. This is the result of the sweeping reforms the Chilean electorate voted on Sunday, particularly for members of a constitutional assembly which will have the task of drafting a new constitution to replace the one inherited from dictator General Augusto Pinochet from 1980.
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Bolivian Minister lashes out at Chilean senator for comments regarding railroad test

Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, Monday rated Chilean senator José Miguel Insulza's comments urging to resume the test of the La Paz-Arica railroad as “irresponsible.”
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 16:26 UTC
Communist candidate to become new mayor of Santiago de Chile

The Stock Exchange in Chile's capital took a nosedive after it was confirmed that the Communist candidate Irací Hassler had secured a surprising victory over Santiago's incumbent mayor Felipe Alessandri, among other defeats suffered over the weekend by traditional politics to a more radical leftwing generation.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Chileans vote against traditional politicians and demand substantial reforms

None of Chile's traditional political parties has managed to win at least one-third of the seats at stake in this past weekend's elections to appoint a new Constituent Assembly which will have to write up a new constitution to replace the one from 1980 which was inherited from Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship