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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 12:15 UTC

Tag: Esteban Valenzuela

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 20:22 UTC

    Marcel resigns as Chile's Finance Minister for personal reasons

    Marcel met with Boric and dodged reporters on his way out of La Moneda

    Mario Marcel on Thursday turned in his resignation as Chile's Finance Minister, just one day after Esteban Valenzuela left Agriculture. While Marcel's decision was reported to be due to strictly personal reasons, Valenzuela's departure just seven months from the end of President Gabriel Boric Font's term follows alliances ahead of this year's elections.

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

    Chile gives nod to pork imports from Brazilian State of Paraná

    Paraná is Brazil's third pork exporting State

    Chile has officially recognized the Brazilian State of Paraná as a region free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, allowing imports of pork from this area, it was announced Wednesday during President Gabriel Boric Font's visit to South America's largest country, and confirmed by Chile’s Agriculture Minister Esteban Valenzuela. Chile has also been reported to be negotiating meat imports from other Brazilian states, meeting its phytosanitary standards. In exchange, Brazil has opened its market to Chilean honey imports.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Chilean gov't extends agricultural emergency

    The measure “allows us to support the most affected sectors,” Minister Valenzuela explained

    Chile's Government Friday announced it was extending the agricultural emergency stemming from a water deficit due to poor rains, it was reported in Santiago. With this measure, authorities may keep up the aid to producers from Atacama to Magallanes until Sept. 30, 2024.

  • Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Parts of Chile under red alert for major forest fires in central region

    Valenzuela said the dry and hot Puelche wind from the eastern cordillera was also expected in the central-southern zone

    The Government of Chile has declared a “red alert” in the central part of the country due to the heat wave stemming from 39 major forest fires as the wave keeps spreading throughout the country, most of them in Araucania (17) but also in Bío Bío (7), Ñuble (7), Maule (4), Los Lagos (3), and one in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

  • Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    Chile extends agriculture emergency three months because of lack of rain

    Municipalities of different communities have been supplying forage for animals in the smaller farms and have also invested in a system of ponds

    Chile has decided to extend for three months the agriculture emergency decree to 231 farming communities in the central part of the country because of the lack of rainfall and severe drought.