Chile

Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 14:00 UTC
Delpiano appointed Chile's new defense minister

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font appointed Adriana Delpiano to replace the resigning Maya Fernández, who left her position after being involved in the scandal regarding the Government's failed attempt to purchase the house of her grandfather, former President Salvador Allende.
Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 19:52 UTC
Tohá resigns as Interior Minister to run for Chile's presidency

Carolina Tohá Tuesday turned in her resignation as Chile's Minister of the Interior to focus on her presidential bid, she announced.
Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 13:20 UTC
Deaths and robbery reported during Chile's blackout

As Chile's electricity supply gradually went back to normal Wednesday, one death and an armed robbery were reported following Tuesday's 10-hour blackout resulting in a nationwide curfew.
Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Nationwide curfew decreed in Chile amid mass blackout

About 98% of Chile's population was left Tuesday without electricity, prompting President Gabriel Boric Font to decree a curfew between 10 pm to 6 am Wednesday with 3,000 troops deployed nationwide. The outage began at 3.16 pm after a failure in an ISA InterChile transmission line between Vallenar and Coquimbo, causing a chain reaction that disconnected key parts of the national grid. Boric said the incident was “intolerable,” and vowed to hold the subsidiary of Colombia’s ISA accountable.
Monday, February 24th 2025 - 07:56 UTC
Falklands U15 girls and boys teams dispute Friendship Cup in Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas city, southern Chile media is giving a great display to the international juvenile football competition that started on Sunday and has one of its main attractions the Falkland Islands Youth Football teams, both girls and boys.
Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:00 UTC
German President announces South American tour

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be touring Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile between February 28 and March 8, it was announced Monday in Berlin. The head of state will attend Yamandú Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo on March 1. He is also scheduled to meet with Paraguay's Santiago Peña and Chile's Gabriel Boric Font.
Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:44 UTC
Falklands’ 17 girls’ team will play female international football in Punta Arenas

On International Girls and Women in Sport Day, the focus is on the Girls Football Team coached by Troyd Bowles. They are about to embark on their biggest challenge yet with the first ever female international football tournament for the Falkland Islands in Punta Arenas.
Friday, February 7th 2025 - 06:44 UTC
Punta Arenas expects some 76 cruise calls from February to the end of the season

Magallanes Region extreme south of Chile is expecting the call of some 76 cruise vessels from this month until the end of the season in April. According to the the Austral Ports Enterprise, (EPA), of the 76, 49 are scheduled to dock at Punta Arenas, 14 at Puerto Williams, 7 in Puerto Natales and 3 in Puerto Eden. Of the total number, 58 belong to international cruise companies while the rest are Chilean.
Tuesday, February 4th 2025 - 10:02 UTC
Boric meets in Montevideo with Lacalle Pou, Orsi, Mujica, and Topolansky

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font landed in Montevideo Monday in what is his first visit to Uruguay since taking office. He held meetings with like-minded President-elect Yamandú Orsi and former head of State José Pepe Mujica, among other local leaders to discuss how to further strengthen regional integration.
Monday, February 3rd 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Baroness Chapman at RUSI, UK committed to defend Falkland Islanders right to self-determination

“Only the Falkland Islanders can and should decide their own future. Our position regarding the Falkland Islands is steadfast, and our commitment to defending the Falkland Islanders right to self-determination will not waiver.”