Chile

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Chilean Navy acts on protesting fishermen

  

  Chile's Navy Wednesday took action against protesting fishermen off Valparaíso, who were insisted they had not worked for more than 100 days and demanded promises made eight years ago be delivered.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  World Travel Awards for Argentina, Chile and Montevideo; Latam was named leading South America airline

  

  Chile, Argentina and the City of Montevideo have been distinguished in the 2021 annual World Travel Awards of Latin America. Argentina claimed ‘South America’s Leading Destination’. Chile, with its dazzling array of natural wonders, was again voted ‘South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination’.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Two dead, 450 arrested as looting marks 2nd anniversary of Chilean uprising

  

  At least two people have died and no less than 450 others were arrested Monday in Santiago and other parts of Chile as demonstrators took to the streets to commemorate the second anniversary of the popular uprisings which led to a series of changes, including a Constitutional reform which is currently being drafted.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine ambassador unsuccessfully defends Jones-Huala

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Chile Rafael Bielsa has turned up at a Chilean judicial hearing to defend incarcerated self-proclaimed Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala even though the latter has vociferously relinquished his Argentine citizenship.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 15:31 UTC

  LATAM Group requests an extension of the restructuring deadline to November 26

  

  Latam this week requested the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York an extension of the deadline to lodge its restructuring plan until 26 November. The request “supports the continuity of the advances in negotiations with the different parts interested in the Chapter 11 process” argued the Chilean group in its presentation.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 21:32 UTC

  Maritime transport crisis affects Catamarca exports of must

  

  Export of Argentine must through the San Francisco Path to Chile from the province of Catamarca have to wait due to the international logistics scenario, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 19:19 UTC

  Argentina terminates symbolic aviation deal with Chile

  

  Argentina's National Civilian Aviation Agency (ANAC) Thursday terminated the so-called inter-change agreement with Chile's DGAC dating back to early July 2019, which benefitted the now-defunct LATAM Argentina airlines.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Despite the state of emergency in southern Chile, Mapuche groups continue with violent actions

  

  In what seems a challenge to the Chilean government which declared a state of emergency in a region to the south of the country, a group of indigenous Mapuche demanding autonomy invaded a farm and set on fire heavy equipment and several vehicles.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Chilean central bank surprises markets, increases basic rate from 1,5% to 2,75%

  

  Given the latest spike of inflation in Chile which jumped 1,2% in September, the central bank council surprised markets by increasing the basic monetary lending rate 125 points, that is from 1,5% to 2,75%, the highest since 2001. The five-member Council decision was unanimous.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 22:08 UTC

  Petition for Piñera's impeachment filed at Chile's Lower House

  

  Chilean Deputies Wednesday filed for the impeachment of President Sebastián Piñera for his ivolvement in financial and entrepreneurial transactions disclosed earlier this month in the so-called Pandora Papers.