Chile

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 19:18 UTC

  LATAM Airlines plunges at Santiago stock exchange

  

  Latam Airlines stock plunges over 80% at the Santiago market after a reshaping plan was announced, one which evaporated the value of current shares. The proposal is yet to be voted on by creditors between January and February 2022.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 18:24 UTC

  Chile: Piñera appoints new Health Undersecretary

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Monday appointed surgeon María Teresa Valenzuela to take over from pediatrician Paula Daza as Health Undersecretary. Daza turned in her resignation Sunday after announcing she was joining far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in his quest against leftist Gabriel Boric at the Dec. 19 presidential runoff.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Pinochet's political heir not likely to win presidential runoff in Chile

  

  Chilean far-left presidential hopeful Gabriel Boric from the coalition between the Broad Front and the Communist Party would easily beat his far-right opponent José Antonio Kast in the Dec. 19 presidential runoff by 53.9% of the votes against 31.2%, according to a Pulso Ciudadano survey released Sunday.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Chile planning an optical fiber cable from Puerto Williams to Antarctica

  

  The regional government of Magallanes extreme south of Chile signed an agreement with the Telecommunications ministry and Country Development Secretariat to study the feasibility of an optical fiber from the region to the Antarctic peninsula.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 11:39 UTC

  Luxurious cruise yacht for 12 pax calls at Punta Arenas and heads for Antarctica

  

  A Russian flagged luxury yacht arrived in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, and is heading for Antarctica, after having called at Ensenada, Mexico, and El Callao in Peru.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Chile lowers vaccination age for children down to the age of 3

  

  Chilean health authorities have allowed children from the age of 3 onwards to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Chinese-developed Sinovac drugs, the one most widely used on adults in the country, it was announced Thursday.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  IMF praises Chilean economy but insists on targeted support for the most vulnerable

  

  An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Ana Corbacho, met (virtually) with the Chilean authorities during November 15–19 to discuss recent economic developments, policies, and priorities for the country. The mission engaged with senior officials, analysts, and business representatives. At the conclusion of the visit, Ms. Corbacho issued the following statement:

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Kast with better chances in the December 19 runoff, political analyst

  

  Chilean political analyst Manuel Rodríguez Uribe estimates that the presidential runoff will be a different election to last Sunday's, under a different context but in a much more polarized environment, with conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast holding better political support than his left-wing contender Gabriel Boric, currently a member of congress' Lower House in the representation of the extreme south region of Magallanes.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  The main “political party” of Chile's presidential election: 50% + abstention

  

  Although long queues at voting places and the delay suffered by many voters gave the impression that last Sunday's election in Chile had triggered a massive attendance, later in the day the Electoral Service figures showed exactly the contrary, just over 7 million Chileans bothered to go and vote for the next Chilean president.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Chile's first transgender Deputy-elect says LGBT community afraid of Kast

  

  Emilia Schneider Sunday became Chile's first-ever transgender person elected to the national Congress. At age 25, she admitted the LGTBI community was afraid of what may happen if far-right candidate José Antonio Kast wins Dec. 19's presidential runoff.