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Montevideo, October 24th 2025 - 17:55 UTC

Tag: Chile

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:18 UTC

    Unemployment in Punta Arenas climbs to 4.4% in February-April period

    Retail, manufacturing and construction were the three sectors which most contributed to the increased unemployment in Punta Arenas

    Unemployment in Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile climbed to 4.4% in the February-April period, which represents an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period a year ago, according to the latest release from the INE stats office.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:44 UTC

    Teachers take to the streets of Chile to protest education bill in Congress

    Monday's march marked the first day of the teachers' strike demanding changes in key aspects of a bill reforming the education system promoted by Bachelet

    Several thousand teachers poured into the streets of Santiago and other cities of Chile to express their rejection of an education bill currently being debated in Congress. The Monday march marked the first day of a strike called by the teachers union, which demands changes in key aspects of a bill that includes some of the reforms to the education system being promoted by the Michelle Bachelet government.

  • Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:25 UTC

    Bachelet underlines close economic and political ties of Chile with China

    “I think we are in very good standing to continue making progress in various economic and trade fields” said Bachelet

    Chile and China have enjoyed a positive and fruitful relationship and bilateral ties will further develop very strongly in the future, anticipated Chilean President Michelle Bachelet during an interview with Xinhua prior to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit

  • Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:20 UTC

    Li Keqiang in Chile pledges to lift strategic partnership to a new height

    Li will hold talks with President Bachelet and attend an economic and trade symposium on occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Santiago on Sunday for an official visit to Chile, the first South American country with which China forged diplomatic ties (1970) and also the first Latin American nation with which China signed a free trade agreement.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:48 UTC

    Caribbean epidemiologic alert following reports of Zika virus in Brazil

    The Aedes mosquito is present in much of the Americas and also transmits dengue fever and chikungunya.

    Following reports of suspected Zika virus in Brazil, the health ministries of several Caribbean countries have issued advisories for the mosquito borne viral disease.On Thursday, the Jamaica Health Ministry issued an epidemiological alert after the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) noted the potential spread of this arbovirus across territories where the vectors (Aedes) are present.

  • Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 10:41 UTC

    In Chile when in difficulties turn right: former IMF deputy chief Finance minister

    Othodox Valdes, 48, has held roles at Barclays and BTG Pactual, has a PHD from MIT and was formerly a deputy director of the IMF

    In a move which has been interpreted as a right turn, economist Rodrigo Valdes was named as Chile's finance minister on Monday by President Michelle Bachelet, in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in which four of her closest ministers were sacked or shifted into other roles. On Valdes' immediate to-do list is an upcoming 1.26 billion dollars international debt issue.

  • Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 06:12 UTC

    Chile's renews 'explicit' support for Argentina's Falklands/Malvinas claim

    Daniel Filmus (R) met with Chilean foreign minister Muñoz and the leaders of the Lower House and Senate in Santiago

    The Chilean government has renewed its 'explicit' support for Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, according to Daniel Filmus, the Argentine official head of the special department for affairs relative to the Malvinas Islands, who is currently in a political tour in Santiago.

  • Monday, May 11th 2015 - 10:33 UTC

    Sei whales found dead in southern Chile: red tide or virus suspected death cause

    Images showed the decaying mammals grouped together and laid out along a grass-and-rock shoreline. They were discovered by a group of foreign scientists (Pic AP)

    More than 20 whales were found dead and rotting along a rocky coast of southern Chile, maritime officials said, as they tried to determine what killed them and when. The whales, discovered beached north of the Gulf of Penas, measured about 10 meters long, according to officials with Chile's national fisheries service.

  • Monday, May 11th 2015 - 09:15 UTC

    A bashed Bachelet expects to announce reshuffled cabinet this Monday

    Following the scandals, Bachelet’s approval numbers according to the Chilean Center for Public Studies have collapsed to just 29%

    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet plans to announce a reshuffling of her Cabinet this Monday in a bid to restore her public image, which has been badly tarnished by corruption scandals, including one involving her son.

  • Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 06:34 UTC

    Despite devastating rains and floods Chile's economy grew 1.6% in March

    “We expect better figures and more economic dynamism in the third quarter” sustaining the 2015 growth estimate of around 3%”, said minister Arenas

    Chile's economy grew at a modest pace in March, as a gradual rebound was weighed down by devastating floods and mudslides in its northern region, central bank data showed on Tuesday. The IMACEC economic activity index, which encompasses about 90% of the economy tallied in GDP figures, rose 1.6% in March from the same month a year ago.