Tag: Chile

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 08:12 UTC

  UK minister underlines historic defense ties with Chile particularly at navies level

  

  During a visit to Chile, British Armed Forces Minister Mike Penning underlined the deep and historic defense ties between the UK and Chile, which he described as a key ally with a longstanding relationship, particularly through the Royal Navy and Chilean Navy.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

  Ex OAS head plans to seek Chile's Socialist nomination for 2017 presidential election

  

  Former OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza said on Wednesday that he plans to seek the Socialist Party's nomination for president of Chile. “I come to confirm that I am available to participate in the decisions of the Socialist Party,” he told reporters at the party's Santiago headquarters just hours after resigning as Chile's agent in litigation with Bolivia before the International Court of Justice.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 10:59 UTC

  Partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean strategic for China

  

  Chinese President said that his country's alliance with Latin America and Caribbean countries was of “strategic” importance as he opened the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Media Leaders Summit in Santiago.

• Saturday, November 19th 2016 - 09:19 UTC

  Bachelet makes her sixth cabinet reshuffle confirming the ruling coalition keeps losing ground

  

  Chile's President Michelle Bachelet launched her sixth cabinet reshuffle in less than three years in a bid to strengthen her government ahead of a general election next year. The 65-year-old leader is one of the few figures to remain in power from a wave of leftist governments in South America over recent decades.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:52 UTC

  Chilean human rights organizations demand Chief Justice's resignation

  

  Hugo Dolmestch, Chief Justice of the Chilean Supreme Court, must resign because “he does not respect international humanitarian law,” according to Alicia Lira, head of the Association of Relatives of Political Executees.

• Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:36 UTC

  Chile connects Latin America's largest solar plant to the national grid

  

  Spanish clean energy company Acciona Energía has connected the 246MW El Romero solar plant in Atacama desert, Chile to the county’s Interconnected Central System (SIC), becoming Latin America's largest. The US$343m El Romero Solar plant features 776,000 polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, spread across 280ha area in the municipality of Vallenar, 645km north of the Santiago.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

  South American presidents and who they would like to see at the White House

  

  A majority of South American presidents would prefer to see former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White House, while a few believe whoever wins will make not much of a difference for the continent. Nevertheless be it Hillary or Trump there is mostly respect for US institutions.

• Friday, November 4th 2016 - 22:13 UTC

  Earthquake hits central Chile but no tsunami alert

  

  An earthquake measuring 6.4 points in the Richter scale was felt in central Chile on Friday afternoon, hitting the Santiago Metropolitan Area, O'Higgins and Maule, but no tsunami likely to hit shores.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 01:30 UTC

  Insignia marks the official beginning of the cruise season for Punta Arenas

  

  With the arrival this Monday of M/V Insignia to Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile, and capital of the Magallanes region has officially declared opened the 2016/17 cruise season. It is estimated that 102.000 tourists will be visiting the region, although the number of vessel calls will drop drastically from 121 to 86.

• Thursday, October 27th 2016 - 07:27 UTC

  Falkland Islands youth football team tours Chile

  

  A youth football squad from the Falkland Islands is currently touring Punta Arenas, competing in a week long tournament against teams from the local area. The Falkland Islands Youth football team is currently in Chile this week training and competing in a week-long tournament against local sides.