Chile

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Chilean police train dogs to detect people infected with coronavirus

  

  Police in Chile is training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs - three golden retrievers and a labrador - are between the ages of four and five. Until now, they have been used to sniff out illicit drugs, explosives and lost people, police say.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean lawmaker celebrates passing of a bill liberating 10% of pension funds

  

  Chilean lawmaker launched hundreds of internet memes on Wednesday when she ran through congress wearing a pink cape and waving matching fans to celebrate passage in the lower house of a coronavirus emergency aid measure.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Copper prices hit their highest in two years, over a Chilean miners' strike

  

  Shanghai copper hit its highest in nearly 25 months on Monday, while London copper scaled a 24-month high, on supply worries from top producer Chile due to a potential strike at a mine.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Copper recovering strongly, and at its highest levels since January

  

  Copper raced to its highest levels since January this week as speculators piled into the market, betting on further disruptions in top producer Chile and firm demand from the biggest consumer China.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Chilean aid package to help keep the ailing middle class afloat

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced on Sunday a new US$ 1.5 billion package of measures to help keep the country´s ailing middle class afloat as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the economy of the world´s top copper producer.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Chilean copper industry halts expansion to slow the spread of coronavirus among miners

  

  Chile's Codelco has halted work on a multibillion-dollar project to extend the life of its El Teniente mine as the copper producer strives to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease through its workforce, the state-owned mining company said.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:50 UTC

  Inequality and coronavirus pushing much of Chile's middle class back to poverty

  

  Middle classes in Chile are going through a complicated moment, with many slipping into poverty as long-established inequality was increased by the coronavirus pandemic and overall slowdown of the economy.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:31 UTC

  “Monumental” plunge of economic activity in Chile during May, 15,3%

  

  Chile's economic activity fell by 15.3% in May from the same month a year ago, the central bank said on Wednesday, hitting yet another historic low as measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus left many out of work and businesses shuttered.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:30 UTC

  Chile's Covid 19 death toll has risen to 5,509, including 162 reported on Sunday

  

  Chile on Sunday reported a total of 271,982 coronavirus infections since the outbreak began in the country, and 4,216 in the last 24 hours, of which 12 correspond to the Magallanes region in the extreme south of the country.

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Latam rescheduling and scaling back domestic and international flights

  

  South American carrier LATAM has suspended ticket sales on 23 routes across its network, including several domestic routes within Chile and international routes from Brazil, Chile and Peru. At the same time, the Santiago-headquartered carrier has made the bold move to suspend international destinations from five Argentinean destinations to the carrier’s hubs in Santiago, Lima and Sao Paulo until 2021.