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.

• Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentina confirms that the humanitarian flights policy with Falklands, stands

  

  Despite denying a recent air trip from Montevideo to the Falkland Islands, the Argentine foreign ministry stated that the “humanitarian flights policy” for the Islanders stands, and said that last Friday a flight from the Islands to Chile, with health risk patients, crossing Argentine space had been approved.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Chilean special force officer arrested for blinding a woman with a tear gas canister

  

  A Chilean special forces captain has been arrested for assault in relation to an incident in which a woman was blinded by a tear gas canister during the massive social protests that rocked the country in 2019.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  J&J added Chile, Argentina and Peru volunteers to conduct trials for its vaccine against Covid-19

  

  United States pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina, and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Chilean truckers begin strike to protest violence in Araucania province

  

  Chilean truckers went on strike on Thursday in protest over violence affecting them in the country’s restive Araucania province and the slow progress through the congress of a raft of security and justice bills.