Pacific Alliance

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  Singapore signs treaty to join Pacific Alliance as an associated state

  

  The Asian nation of Singapore Wednesday became the first country to join the Pacific Alliance as an Associated State to the group made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Haitian migrants stranded at Santiago's airport in Chile

  

  A group of 23 Haitian migrants were stranded Sunday at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez international airport where they have filed for refugee status but nevertheless fear local authorities might deport them back to their country of origin where all lives are “at-risk” due to the ongoing crisis, according to Rodolfo Noriega of the local Migrant Ombudsman's Office.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:12 UTC

  Chile's future First Lady to add a feminist twist to the job

  

  Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric, 35, has been involved with 32-year-old Social scientist Irina Karamanos since 2019. She has now decided that although not married, she will take on her new role as First Lady and “reformulate” it with a feminist vision, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Boric will not travel to Colombia with Piñera: priority is “organizing my administration's team”

  

  Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boris announced he contacted president Sebastián Piñera to thank him for the invitation to attend the January 26/27 Prosur and Pacific Alliance summits in Colombia, --the current head of government last overseas trip--, but will not join him.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile's Lower House votes against legalizing abortion

  

  Chile's Lower House Tuesday turned down a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy by 65 votes against, 62 in favor and one abstention. Thus the initiative will be shelved.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 23:05 UTC

  Kast is very much anti-Argentine, says ambassador

  

  Argentina's Ambassador in Santiago, Rafael Bielsa, said right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast, who finished first in Sunday's elections was an anti-Argentine Pinochetist “that dares speak its name” and likened him to former US President Donald Trump and current Brazilian head of state Jair Bolsonaro.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Chile's President survives new impeachment attempt

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera will be allowed to stay in office until March 11, 2022, after an attempt to impeach him Tuesday failed to be endorsed by the Senate.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Two dead and three injured in a gun battle with Mapuche radical groups in southern Chile

  

  Chilean Home Secretary Rodrigo Delgado confirmed on Wednesday the death of two members of the Mapuche community following a shoot out with Marines and Carabineros in the Biobío Region which is under an exceptional emergency state precisely because of continued acts of violence.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Chile: 60% of people in favour of impeaching Piñera over Pandora Papers

  

  An Ipsos survey released Thursday has shown that 60% of Chileans were in favour of launching the impeachment process against President Sebastián Piñera for the obscure deals for which his name ended up included in the so-called Pandora Papers investigations.

• 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.