Pacific Alliance

• Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Chile: Crucial electoral year to rewrite a new constitution takes off

  

  The Chilean Electoral Service registered 2,223 hopeful candidates for selection to the commission that will rewrite Chile's dictatorship-era constitution. The 14 million Chilean eligible are scheduled to elect on April 11 the 155 members of the Constituent Assembly that will rewrite the constitution, which dates from the rule of military dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-90).

• Wednesday, January 13th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Strong rebound of Peruvian economy in the next five years

  

  The economy of Peru, the world’s second largest copper producer, is expected to grow an annual average of 5.1% between 2021 and 2026, the economy ministry said on Tuesday

• Monday, December 7th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  The Pacific Alliance will hold its virtual presidential summit in Chile, next week

  

  The 15th Presidential Summit of the Pacific Alliance, a bloc made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, will be held on December 11th in Santiago de Chile, albeit via videoconference due to Covid-19.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Fitch Ratings more optimistic about Latin America's “improving economic” environment

  

  Latin American corporate credit indicators point to an improving economic and operating environment for most countries across the region in 2021, according to a series of new reports from Fitch Ratings.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  New Peruvian government silent about a second withdrawal of funds from the pension system

  

  The Peruvian government enacted a law that allows citizens a second withdrawal of funds from the private pension system in order to ease the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the official newspaper El Peruano.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Peruvian government names respected finance minister to shore up investor confidence

  

  Peru’s interim president appointed veteran economist Waldo Mendoza as his finance minister in a bid to shore up investor confidence shaken by political turmoil. Interim President Francisco Sagasti swore in most of his 19-member ministerial team on Wednesday after becoming the country’s third leader in little more than a week.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 14:00 UTC

  Chilean financial system at risk by the continuing pandemic, central bank warns

  

  The continuing coronavirus pandemic poses the most significant risk to Chile’s financial system as institutions’ capacity to take mitigating action diminishes, the country’s Central Bank warned in a report on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Chilean mining industry lobby cautions about the rewriting of the new constitution

  

  Chile’s world-leading copper industry will see investment lag for at least two years as the country rewrites a constitution that underpinned nearly three decades of mining growth in the South American nation.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean voting centers on Sunday will de disinfected with copper nanoparticles

  

  Chile, the world’s largest producer of copper, will use nanoparticles of the metal to disinfect voting centers ahead of this weekend’s referendum on changing the constitution, the government said Wednesday.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Chile keeping close monitoring of large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels

  

  The Chilean government is keeping close tabs on a large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels that has stirred up controversy further north along the Pacific coast of South America, Foreign Minister Andres Allamand said.