Chile

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 10:36 UTC

  Chile's judiciary imposes first ever jail sentence on politician found guilty of corruption

  

  Former conservative Senator Jaime Orpis has been bestowed Friday with the dubious honour of becoming Chile's first-ever politician to be handed down a jail sentence for his involvement in acts of corruption.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Chile's Central Bank monthly report foresees 2021 inflation at 3.2%

  

  Chile's monthly report issued by the Central Bank Monday forecast inflation to close 2021 with a cumulative 3.2%, with no significant changes in sight for 2022 and 2023.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 10:40 UTC

  Chile has new immigration law after eight years in Congress

  

  Chile's President Sebastán Piñera Sunday signed into law the new migration law which spent eight years in Congress before being passed.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Chile, India discuss furthering trade under Partial Scope Agreement

  

  Delegates from Chile and India are discussing furthering bilateral trade under the so-called Partial Scope Agreement (PSA). Authorities from both countries are holding a series of virtual encounters due to round up Friday.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Chilean, Argentine scientists find remains of mammal from the age of dinosaurs

  

  The University of Chile Thursday announced the discovery of the remains of a hitherto unknown species of a mammal that inhabited Patagonia some 74 million years ago.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:27 UTC

  Chile's Labor Minister Zaldívar resigns over pension reforms

  

  Chile's Labor Minister María José Zaldívar submitted her resignation Wednesday to President Sebastián Piñera, who accepted it and announced he would appoint Deputy Patricio Melero to succeed her.

• Tuesday, April 6th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Chile's Parliament passes economic relief bill

  

  Chile's Congress Monday passed a bill granting economic assistance to people in need and whose situation has worsened over the past few months due to the covid-19 crisis.

• Tuesday, April 6th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Chilean TV station changes hands between US owners

  

  Pending governmental approval, US giant ViacomCBS is expanding its Latin American investment scheme by buying over the Santiago-based Chilevisión TV station, which was announced Monday.

• Saturday, April 3rd 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Over 25 million cases of Covid-19 reported in Latin America, Caribbean

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean have altogether exceeded 25 million covid-19 infections amid an unprecedented advance of the pandemic which has led to the most severe restrictive measure by some countries, it was reported Friday.

• Friday, April 2nd 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands warn of difficulties in medical evacuation to Chile and Uruguay

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has urged people in the islands to “take extra care” in undertaking high-risk activities due to the Covid-19 situation in Chile and Uruguay making it “extremely difficult” to arrange the medical evacuation from the Falklands.