Tag: Gabriel Boric

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 11:15 UTC

  Ex President Boric draws mixed reactions after being spotted riding Santiago de Chile's Metro

  

  Less than two weeks after leaving office, former Chilean President Gabriel Boric drew renewed public attention after being spotted riding the Santiago Metro as an ordinary passenger.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 20:19 UTC

  Chile: José Antonio Kast sworn in as president in conservative shift after Boric

  

  José Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile’s president on Wednesday in a ceremony at the National Congress in Valparaíso, in a transfer of power that confirmed the country’s sharpest shift to the right since the return to democracy in 1990. Senate President Paulina Núñez administered the oath and placed the presidential sash on him, formalizing the handover from Gabriel Boric.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 04:15 UTC

  Boric leaves office defending his record and acknowledging mistakes

  

  In his final national address before handing the presidential sash to José Antonio Kast on Wednesday, Chilean President Gabriel Boric defended his government’s record, highlighted progress in security, pensions and healthcare, and accepted political responsibility for two of the most damaging episodes of the final stretch of his administration: the handling of the Monsalve case and the failed purchase of former President Salvador Allende’s house.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 03:49 UTC

  María Corina Machado arrives in Chile for Kast’s inauguration and meeting with Venezuelan migrants

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has arrived in Chile to attend Wednesday’s ceremony in which Gabriel Boric will hand over the presidency to José Antonio Kast, in a visit that also includes an event with Venezuelan residents in Santiago and several public appearances in the capital. She is among the international guests invited to the transfer of power, where Kast will formally take office at Congress in Valparaíso.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 15:14 UTC

  Chile: Kast halts transition talks with Boric, citing lack of trust over China-linked subsea cable briefings

  

  Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast said on Tuesday he is suspending the handover process with outgoing President Gabriel Boric, arguing his team cannot trust the information it has received on key issues, including a China-linked subsea fiber-optic project that would connect central Chile with Hong Kong.

• Saturday, February 28th 2026 - 23:16 UTC

  Chile: undersea cable dispute triggers US visa curbs, leaves Kast to decide on China Mobile project

  

  With Chile’s presidential handover set for March 11, outgoing President Gabriel Boric is closing his term amid a diplomatic dispute with the United States over a China Mobile-backed undersea fiber-optic cable project that would link Chile’s coast in the Valparaíso region to Hong Kong—an issue now landing on president-elect José Antonio Kast’s desk.

• Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 21:54 UTC

  Chile announces humanitarian aid for Cuba as Boric condemns U.S. embargo

  

  President Gabriel Boric’s government said on Thursday it will send humanitarian aid to Cuba, as the island faces a deepening economic and energy crisis.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 09:11 UTC

  Chile wildfires: death toll rises to 20 as authorities report widespread destruction and arrest a suspect

  

  Wildfires burning across south-central Chile have pushed the confirmed death toll to 20, with authorities keeping red alerts, a state of catastrophe, and a night-time curfew in parts of the Biobío and Ñuble regions as crews continue to battle multiple active blazes.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 08:06 UTC

  Uruguay to send 40 firefighters to Chile as Biobío and Ñuble wildfires leave at least 20 dead

  

  Uruguay will deploy a contingent of around 40 firefighters to Chile to help battle the wildfires ravaging the country’s south-central regions—particularly Biobío and Ñuble—where Chilean authorities have reported at least 20 deaths and thousands of people affected.

• Monday, January 19th 2026 - 04:05 UTC

  Chile wildfires kill at least 18; Boric orders curfew and declares state of catastrophe

  

  Wildfires sweeping through south-central Chile have killed at least 18 people—later updated by government reports to 19—and forced the evacuation of more than 50,000 residents in the Ñuble and Biobío regions amid extreme heat and strong winds.