Chile

• Friday, October 18th 2024 - 09:27 UTC

  Chile: Interior Undersecretary Monsalve resigns amid rape allegations

  

  Manuel Monsalve turned in his resignation Thursday as Chile's Interior Undersecretary amid rape allegations. “I have been informed during the course of this week that there is an accusation against me, of which I do not know the details,” Monsalve said. “I have not committed any conduct constituting a crime,” he added while insisting that the reason for his departure was not to have any privilege during the investigation. Monsalve's alleged victim is a woman of legal age who works as an official at the Interior Undersecretariat.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 09:15 UTC

  Chilean fisherman rescued from cold Pacific Ocean waters

  

  Chilean authorities used a thermal drone to locate in the Magellan Strait area and later rescue a fisherman from the Pacific Ocean, it was reported Monday. The man later identified as Sergio Brito was wearing adequate clothing, thanks to which he survived the cold temperatures. In addition, he clung to seaweed while waiting for Carabineros and the Navy.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:14 UTC

  Chile needs to address insecurity at medical facilities

  

  Chile's Interior Minister Carolina Tohá admitted Tuesday that her country needed to review its security policies, particularly regarding healthcare facilities, where several incidents have been recorded. According to the National Confederation of Municipal Health Officials (Confusam), there were 7,184 aggressions against healthcare staff nationwide last year, and these figures are on the rise now.

• Monday, October 7th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  Almost 92% of Chileans disapprove of country's Judiciary

  

  A survey released Sunday in Santiago showed that nearly 92% of Chileans disapproved of their country's Judiciary. The Plaza Pública Cadem study was conducted amid the corruption scandal involving criminal lawyer Luis Hermosilla and various magistrates and officials from former President Sebastián Piñera's administration (2018-2022).

• Monday, October 7th 2024 - 08:53 UTC

  Bolivia unloads fuel in Arica where classes are suspended after hydrocarbons smelled in water

  

  The Chilean port of Arica saw 236,000 barrels of fuel unloaded for Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) while the city prepares for two days with no on-site classes as the local drinking water has been deemed unfit for human consumption given its hydrocarbon odor.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Luxury hotel in Puerto Williams to enhance Antarctic travel

  

  Cruise industry giants Silversea announced this week its plans to build a luxury hotel in the Chilean town of Puerto Williams to revolutionize Antarctic tourism. The 150-room complex “will allow us to offer an unparalleled Antarctic expedition that further enhances our world-class vacation portfolio,” Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty said.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 08:38 UTC

  The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution, according to The Economist

  

  The graffiti are still visible. Walls shout: “Death to the police!” Bus shelters demand: “No more private pensions!” Yet the occasionally violent social upheaval that rocked Chile from 2019 to 2022 is past. And the radical left-wing movement it propelled to power is now unpopular, having discovered that governing is harder than protesting.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 06:48 UTC

  LATAM with improved performance results looking to refinance debts

  

  LATAM Airlines has announced an interest in refinancing its US$450 million 13.375% Senior Secured Bonds maturing in 2027, and its current US$1.1 billion term loan agreement. The debt was issued in October 2022 in connection with its exit from the reorganization proceedings under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 06:28 UTC

  Falklands, “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse begins peaking at 17:30

  

  This Wednesday afternoon a spectacular “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will be visible for some parts of South America. While southern Chile and Argentina, Patagonia, will see a ring of the Sun as the Moon passes in front of it, those in the Falklands Islands will see a large solar eclipse.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 06:20 UTC

  UN Human Rights Council 57: UPR Adoption of Chile

  

  UK Statement for the Universal Periodic Review Adoption of Chile as delivered at the 57th Human Rights Council in Geneva. From the Mission to the WTO, UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva.30 September 2024 (*)