Tag: Chile

• Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Bachelet first overseas trip to Argentina next April

  

  Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet will travel to Argentina in April for what will be her first official visit since being re-elected for office, the nation's Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz confirmed on Wednesday. Muñoz was accompanied by Argentine Héctor Timerman as he made the announcement.

• Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Bachelet pledges to tackle 'inequality' and draft a new constitution

  

  Socialist Michelle Bachelet promised to tackle inequality as she took the oath of office on Tuesday, returning to power after four years to lead Chile. Bachelet succeeds conservative Sebastian Piñera, who said he was leaving his successor “a better country than the one we had four years ago.”

• Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 20:17 UTC

  Minister Swire representing the UK as the inauguration of President Bachelet

  

  Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State for Latin America in the British Foreign Office is in Chile representing the UK at the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet. In addition to attending official activities as part of the presidential inauguration, Minister Swire’s program will be focused on strengthening UK-Chile ties in areas such as trade and investment, science and innovation and education.

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 20:57 UTC

  All South American leaders attending Bachelet's inauguration on Tuesday

  

  More than 20 countries confirmed that representatives from their governments will attend the inauguration of Chilean president-elect Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday, Chilean Senate leader Jorge Pizarro announced. Leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Suriname and El Salvador have confirmed their presence.

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  Chilean navy helicopter rescues British yachtsman west of Cape Horn

  

  British yachtsman who was trying to sail by himself non-stop around the world has been rescued by Chile’s navy and is currently in Punta Arenas. The 54-year-old Andrew Halcrow was forced to give up his second attempt to circumnavigate the globe after the mast on his yacht broke in a storm west of Cape Horn.

• Saturday, March 8th 2014 - 06:53 UTC

  US Vice-president Biden expected to address Venezuelan situation while in Chile

  

  US Vice President Joe Biden will hold talks with Latin American leaders about protest-hit Venezuela during his trip to Chile from Sunday for the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet scheduled for Tuesday and which is expected to convene regional leaders.

• Thursday, March 6th 2014 - 21:45 UTC

  Foreign Office minister Swire will visit Uruguay on Wednesday 12 March

  

  Hugo Swire MP, FCO Minister for Latin America, will be visiting Uruguay on Wednesday 12 March where he is scheduled to hold several political and trade meetings. The minister will be returning from Santiago de Chile where he will attend the inauguration ceremony of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.

• Thursday, March 6th 2014 - 05:22 UTC

  Piñera blasted by his own party, but the outgoing president calls for a return in 2017

  

  The Chilean ruling coalition slammed outgoing President Sebastián Piñera and blamed him for recent electoral losses that have left the right in the lowest point in its history. The unusually harsh criticism came from members of Piñera’s own party, Renovación Nacional, a moderate conservative party that makes up the ruling Alianza.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 04:29 UTC

  ENAP Magallanes begins production at new well; company's profits soar in 2013

  

  Chile's state-owned oil and gas company ENAP successfully put into production the well “Paraguaya 2” at Intracampos Block (100% ENAP) in Tierra del Fuego, with an initial flow rate of 160 cubic meters per day of oil, equivalent to 1,006 barrels.

• Monday, February 24th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  Magallanes the fastest and strongest growing region of Chile last year

  

  Magallanes, in the extreme south of Chile plus Aysén and Tarapacá are the regions which registered the best performance in 2013 according to the country's indicator of regional economic activity, Inacer, which is released by the country's Stats Office, INE.