Tag: Chile

Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 06:46 UTC
LATAM must reimburse boarding fees to travelers who did not fly

LATAM will have to reimburse boarding fees to all those consumers who purchased air tickets and for different reasons were unable to travel. The decision is a Collective Voluntary Procedure from the Chilean National Consumer Service, Sernac and is estimated to benefit some 400,000 consumers involving some 600 million dollars.
Monday, August 9th 2021 - 10:13 UTC
Chile in mourning for two days over those who died from COVID-19

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera decreed two days of national mourning Monday and Tuesday (August 9 and 10) in memory of all those who passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 07:39 UTC
Chilean agriculture short of manpower: some crops could remain without harvesting

Chile's National Agriculture Society, SNA, has warned that up to 30% of crops could remain without harvesting because of a lack of manpower. SNA head Cristian Allendes participated in a conference on the labor problem and incentives to attract people to work in the fields, which was presented under the title of “How is the 2020/21 season coming along?”.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:22 UTC
Chile's Constitutional Convention appoints Mapuche woman to chair it

Mapuche leader Elisa Loncón, a Ph.D. in humanities holder from the Dutch University of Leiden, has been chosen Sunday to preside over the Constituent Convention which will re-write Chile's new Fundamental Law to replace the current text from 1980 passed under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 08:11 UTC
Italy bans travelers arriving from Brazil, Chile and Peru

Italy on Thursday banned travelers from Brazil and 12 other countries it considers to pose a high risk of Covid-19 transmission. The full list comprises Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, North Macedonia, Moldova, Oman, Panama and Peru.
Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina with a daily record of Covid-19 cases, 3,604

Argentina posted a daily record of 3,604 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the country grapples with rising infections that are threatening its early success in stalling the spread of the virus.
Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:37 UTC
Chile ordered new quarantine measures for three districts of Santiago

Chile ordered strict new quarantine measures on three districts in the capital Santiago after a sudden spike in coronavirus cases on Sunday. The health ministry reported a surge of 1,228 new infections, bringing the total to nearly 20,000 nationwide and dealing a blow to hopes it was over the worst of the crisis.
Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:26 UTC
Chilean police arrested dozens protestors during May Day demonstration

Chilean police on Friday arrested dozens of people, including press photographers, when they broke up a May Day demonstration in the capital Santiago. Demonstrators had gathered in the city's Plaza Italia in defiance of a government prohibition on public gatherings of more than 50 people as part of measures against the coronavirus.
Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 08:16 UTC
Argentina and Chile defuse diplomatic spat; Santiago accused Fernandez of “meddling” in Chilean affairs

The leaders of Argentina and Chile have moved to defuse a recent diplomatic spat after officials in Santiago accused President Alberto Fernandez of “meddling” in Chile's internal affairs after he met with Chilean opposition leaders.
Monday, April 27th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Chilean navy acquires two 1990 Adelaide class frigates from Australia

Chile's Navy is preparing to sail two recently retired Australian warships out of Sydney after purchasing them in a deal believed to be worth more than US$ 70 million. Ex-Adelaide-class frigates HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Newcastle were quietly commissioned into their new service this month during a formal handover ceremony between both navies.