Tag: Magallanes

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Covid-19 contagion leads to the appointment of a Magallanes Region new governor

  

  The Chilean government appointed Jennifer Rojas as new governor of the Magallanes and Antarctic Region, following the ousting of Jose Fernandez, who had been in the post since February 2019.

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Chile has more than 10.000 virus tested positive cases; Magallanes Region, 553

  

  Chile reported on Sunday that there were more than 10,000 people in the country with the coronavirus, the third-highest tally in Latin America, as the disease ravages the economy of the world's top copper producer.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  Chile opens public consultation period for two marine parks

  

  Chile's Sub-secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) is carrying out a public consultation on the general management plans designed for the Nazcas-Desventuradas and Francisco Coloane marine parks, located in the regions of Valparaíso and southern Magallanes, respectively.

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  Human bodies spotted around area where Chilean Hercules went missing

  

  The Chilean Air Force contacted relatives of the 38 people aboard its Lockheed Hercules C-130 transport aircraft which went missing Monday afternoon en route to Antarctica to report the discovery of human remains in the area of ​​the Drake Passage where the search for the airplane was underway, José Fernandéz, mayor of Magallanes, told the media.

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 11:11 UTC

  Punta Arenas moves into alternative energy and plans wind farm to supply 6.000 homes

  

  Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile is taking advantage of its weather conditions and will convert its wind gusts into energy. With some six million dollars from the National Fund for Regional Development and in coordination with Chilean government owned oil company Enap, a wind farm will be installed in Cabo Negro during the second half of the year.

• Thursday, February 11th 2016 - 05:22 UTC

  Magallanes enjoying an unexpected excellent cruise season

  

  Chile anticipates a 30% increase in cruise activity in the extreme south of the country, mainly Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, announced Lorena Araya, head of Magallanes region National Tourism Service, Sernatur.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 - 08:07 UTC

  Magallanes region with second lowest unemployment in Chile

  

  Employment in Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile remains strong according to the latest data released by the Chilean stats office, INE, which covers the fourth quarter of 2015 (October/December). While the national unemployment average stands at 5.8%, Magallanes figures with 2.6 percentage points below.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 06:50 UTC

  Magallanes suffers abrupt drop in economic activity in second quarter

  

  Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile suffered an abrupt and unexpected drop in economic activity during the second quarter of this year according to the latest release from the country's stats office, INE.

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  GeoPark scales down operations in Magallanes because of falling oil prices

  

  Oil company GeoPark which operates in Magallanes, extreme south of Chile, reiterated its commitment and long term investment in the region but also announced the redundancy of 30 staff, first time in twelve years, because of a restructuring of the company to the new global oil industry scenario.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:47 UTC

  Chile’s ENAP plans to drill 15 hydrocarbons exploratory wells in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Chile’s government owned oil and gas company ENAP presented this week the environmental impact study for an exploratory drilling round in the Province of Tierra del Fuego which includes fifteen wells and will demand an investment of 30 million dollars.