Chile

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Spanish Government pleads EU to speed up trade accords with Latin American partners to contain China's expansion

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has petitioned the European Union to lift all barriers that prevent the bloc's trade agreement with Mercosur to become operational. Sánchez also requested similar action be taken in the cases of accords with Mexico and Chile.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Paraguay beef exports on the rise, mainly to Chile

  

  Paraguay's beef exports totalled over 111,000 tons in January, February, March and April of 2021 to set a new record for the sector, the National Service for Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa) announced Monday.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Foreign tourism in Chile drops 92.6% in first quarter of 2021

  

  Foreign tourism in Chile registered a 92.6% drop year-to-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to a study published Sunday bu the journal Barómetro del Turismo (Tourism Barometer), released by the government's Tourism Undersecretariat and the National Tourism Service (Sernatur).

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Chilean unions march to pressure Piñera into taking actions in favor of the neediest

  

  Chile's leading labour unions Friday marched through the streets of Santiago in demand of financial aid and other types of assistance. But despite wearing facemasks and holding permits to circulate under lockdown they were halted at the gates of the La Moneda presidential palace when they tried to deliver a letter addressed at President Sebastián Piñera.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Chile: Case against Piñera brought before The Hague for alleged human rights violations in 2019

  

  Chilean and human rights organizations together with former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed an accusation Thursday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Sebastián Piñera for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 2019 protests, it was reported.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 07:25 UTC

  Chile on track to phasing out coal as source to generate electricity

  

  Chilean plans to close half of the country's coal-fired electricity generating plants by 2025, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet assured Wednesday during a ceremony in which the generating company Engie vowed to either close or convert six of the oldest plants by 2024, with a capacity of 800 megawatts (MW).

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Piñera's future in suspense after Constitutional Court ruling regarding pension funds

  

  Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera seeking to disapprove of a constitutional reform that Congress passed into law for a third withdrawal of 10 per cent of the pension funds.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile

  

  Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it was announced.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Chilean truck drivers retaliate for roadblocks, isolate Tierra del Fuego

  

  The Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego continues to be isolated from the mainland since this past weekend as lorries keep blocking the Chilean road linking it to the Province of Santa Cruz, leaving the only sea and air travel available.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Chile's borders to remain closed in light of little progress fighting covid-19

  

  Chilean authorities decided Monday not to reopen the borders throughout May to try to prevent the entry into the country of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Health Undersecretary Paula Daza announced.