Chile

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

  Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

  

  Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

• Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC

  Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

  

  Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.

• Monday, June 30th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Spotlight on BA for Mercosur Summit this week: Lula meeting Milei and CFK

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is preparing to host the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit Wednesday and Thursday in Buenos Aires, during which he will have to welcome his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with whom he does not see eye to eye after calling him names during the 2023 campaign.

• Monday, June 30th 2025 - 08:22 UTC

  Communist Jara wins Chilean ruling party's presidential primaries

  

  Communist activist and former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara won the Chilean ruling party’s presidential primary Sunday with 60.16% of the vote, defeating Carolina Tohá (27.78%) and lesser challenges from Gonzalo Winter and Jaime Mulet.

• Thursday, June 26th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

  Chilean president becomes first-time father

  

  Violeta Boric Carrasco, daughter of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font and his partner, environmental chemist and former professional basketball player Paula Carrasco, was born Wednesday evening at the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile in Santiago, making the child the first ever born to a sitting president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo’s offspring in 1928 and 1930. The birth was confirmed after 11 pm local time.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 06:59 UTC

  Belgian monarchs land in Chile

  

  King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived Tuesday on a State trip to Chile, where they were welcomed by President Gabriel Boric Font at La Moneda Palace. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy, mining, and science, reflecting the strong friendship and shared values between the two countries.

• Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:24 UTC

  Chile's Boric also finds attack on Iran disrespectful of international law

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font expressed his utmost rejection to the United States' bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities (Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan), which – he claimed – violated international law.

• Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:53 UTC

  Chile: Private university joins National Oceanographic Committee

  

  Chile's Universidad San Sebastián (USS) has joined the National Oceanographic Committee (CONA), a public organization coordinated by the Navy's Hydrographic Service (SHOA), bringing together 30 institutions to advance marine science research.

• Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

  Chile's Central Bank keeps basic interest rate at 5%

  

  Chile's Central Bank decided Tuesday to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5%, unchanged since December 2024, due to global economic uncertainties, particularly from escalating trade tensions and the Iran-Israel conflict in the Middle East, which pose risks to the US and global economies.

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

  Jones Huala arrested for encouraging acts of violence

  

  Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones Huala was arrested in the Patagonian city of El Bolsón late Sunday by the Argentine Federal Police, following an order from the Bariloche Federal Prosecutor's Office for public intimidation, incitement to collective violence, apology for crime, and criminal association.