Chile

• Monday, February 8th 2021 - 10:15 UTC

  Serious incidents with arson and clashes with police in Chile following the killing of a juggler

  

  The fatal shooting of a street artist in Chile led to protesters clashing with police in the capital Santiago over the weekend. The events were sparked by the death of a juggler in the southern town of Panguipulli, around 850km south of Santiago.

• Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Chile speeding up its vaccination campaign: 455,000 from critical groups in two days

  

  Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris reported on Friday that 454,155 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country so far, as part of the mass vaccination plan that kicked off on Wednesday.

• Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 04:29 UTC

  Thousands of dead fish wash up on a Chilean beach

  

  Thousands of fish mysteriously washed up on shore on Horcones Beach in Chile’s south-central Biobío region, amidst fears that changes in water temperature and quality may have been the cause.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Chile launches vaccination campaign and inoculates 140,000 on the first day

  

  Chile on Wednesday launched its mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, inoculating people over 90 years old at over 1,400 vaccination centers across the country.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Lacalle Pou agreed with Bolsonaro in Brasilia to make Mercosur more flexible

  

  The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, traveled overseas for the first time to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in a meeting in which they discussed the idea of “making Mercosur more flexible” and the possibility of a face-to-face summit with the leaders of Argentina and Paraguay at the end of March.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Johnny rooks threatened in Argentine islands by deer and goats

  

  Argentine scientists from the Austral Scientific Research Center (CADIC) in Ushuaia announced they have revealed the subsistence mystery of the striated Caracara prey bird, “carancho austral”, in the Isla de los Estados (*), during the winter months, which remained unknown until now.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Falklands Latam's links to Chile and Brazil suspended until June

  

  The Falkland Islands Government can confirm that commercial air links with both Chile and Brazil will remain suspended for a further three months until 29 June 2021.

• Wednesday, January 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Chilean president ratifies support for Argentina claims in the Falklands' dispute

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera ratified his administration's support for “Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands,” and called for Argentina and UK to resume talks to find a peaceful solution to the controversy in the framework of UN resolutions on the issue.

• Wednesday, January 27th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentina and Chile “indissolubly twinned countries”, underlines president Fernandez

  

  Argentina and Chile are “indissolubly twinned countries”, said Argentine president Alberto Fernandez during the ceremony at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago where, next to his peer Sebastián Piñera, and members of their cabinets, they signed several accords and a joint declaration.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery recertified with flying colors

  

  Following its five-yearly Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment, the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has, for the third time, been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, according to the newsletter from the government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.