Chile

• Tuesday, September 29th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Chile announced US$ 2 billion package to help recover and create new jobs

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced on Sunday the launch of US$ 2 billion in subsidies aimed at creating new jobs or recovering those lost during months of lockdown aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemic in the globe’s top copper producer.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Covid-19 contagion leads to the appointment of a Magallanes Region new governor

  

  The Chilean government appointed Jennifer Rojas as new governor of the Magallanes and Antarctic Region, following the ousting of Jose Fernandez, who had been in the post since February 2019.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Chile announces protocol to vote in October's referendum: “no greater risk than going to the supermarket”

  

  Chilean citizens planning to vote in a referendum on a new constitution next month will be at no greater risk of contracting coronavirus at the ballot box than they would be going to the supermarket, the head of the country’s electoral service said on Monday.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Falklands donates £5,000 for a Chilean NGO which works with homeless people

  

  The Falkland Islands Government confirmed that, as part of its efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it is making a donation of £5,000 to Fundación Gente de la Calle, (Homeless), based in Santiago, Chile.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:45 UTC

  Dozens of arrests in Santiago on the 47th anniversary of the Pinochet coup that deposed president Allende

  

  Chilean police said that on Saturday that more than 100 people were arrested after clashes marking the 47th anniversary of the coup d'etat that overthrew the populist leftist government of Salvador Allende.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  US bankruptcy judge rejects Latam Airlines financing proposal

  

  A U.S. bankruptcy judge rejected a US$ 2.4 billion financing plan for struggling LATAM Airlines on the grounds that a convertible loan included as part of the package would amount to “improper” treatment of other shareholders.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile post trade surplus in August but exports fell 10.8% and imports 22.4%

  

  Chile posted a trade surplus of US$ 904 million in August, the central bank said on Monday, with a drop in levels versus a year earlier of both exports and imports for the month.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Chile's prosecutors reopen a bungled investigation into the death of a US teacher in Temuco

  

  Chile's prosecutors' office announced it would reopen a bungled investigation into the death of American teaching assistant Erica Faith Hagan, who was beaten to death in a college dormitory in southern Chile in 2014. The prosecutor's office said in a statement late on Friday that it had made the decision following a special request by the victim's mother Regina O'Neal.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Truckers end seven day strike in Chile following deal with government

  

  Chilean truckers said on Wednesday they would lift a seven-day strike that has damaged supply chains and raised fears for food and commodities exports, following a deal with the government. Jose Villagran, vice president of the National Confederation of the Chilean Cargo Transport (CNTC), said the strike would end at 3 p.m. local time.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Chilean government threatens striking truckers with state security law

  

  The Chilean government on Monday threatened to invoke a state security law to penalize striking truck drivers blocking arterial routes and damaging supply chains after talks between the two sides broke down.