Tag: Santiago de Chile

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Coronavirus sniffer dogs at Santiago de Chile international airport

  

  The task of sniffing out passengers infected with COVID-19 at Chile's Santiago international airport is going to the dogs. A team of Golden Retrievers and Labradors sit when they smell the virus and get a treat. The canines sport green “biodetector” jackets with a red cross.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Chile overwhelmingly approved a constitutional reform with a specially elected assembly

  

  The referendum in Chile was held on Sunday with a resounding result in favor of reforming the constitution. After last year's social protests, it was decided to consult citizens if they wanted to begin the process of promulgating a new Chilean constitution, leaving the one approved during the time of Augusto Pinochet in 1980 without effect.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Chileans mark anniversary of mass protests with peaceful rallies in the morning and riots and looting at night

  

  Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago, Plaza Italia, renamed Plaza Dignidad, to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that leftover 30 dead and thousands injured, with peaceful rallies on Sunday turning by nightfall into riots and looting.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Rioting and protests continue in Chile against government and police brutality

  

  Chileans took to the streets of the capital, Santiago, for a third consecutive weekend, demonstrating against the government, inequality, and police brutality as a postponed referendum on constitutional changes nears.

• Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Authorities in Chile arrest officer who allegedly threw teen ager from a bridge

  

  Authorities in Chile have arrested a police officer who allegedly threw a teen-ager from a bridge into a river bed during a protest.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:45 UTC

  Dozens of arrests in Santiago on the 47th anniversary of the Pinochet coup that deposed president Allende

  

  Chilean police said that on Saturday that more than 100 people were arrested after clashes marking the 47th anniversary of the coup d'etat that overthrew the populist leftist government of Salvador Allende.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  Riots in Santiago as congress considers bill to allow Chileans to withdraw part of their pension funds

  

  Protesters in Santiago defied a citywide lockdown meant to combat the spread of the coronavirus, barricading roads and looting early into the morning on Wednesday in support of a proposal to allow Chileans to withdraw part of their pensions amid the crisis.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Chilean government extends state of catastrophe for 90 days faced with dramatic increase of Covid-19 contagion

  

  Chile´s government said on Monday it would extend a state of catastrophe in place since mid-March by 90 days as cases of coronavirus in the country have surged.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Chilean army sent to contain hungry mobs in poor neighborhoods of Santiago

  

  Coronavirus cases soared in Chile on Tuesday as soldiers were deployed to back up riot police in Santiago following clashes with demonstrators angry about food shortages and job losses.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Clashes with police in Santiago de Chile because of food shortages in the poorest neighborhoods

  

  Police and protesters clashed in Santiago on Monday amid a city-wide lockdown meant to stem the spread of the coronavirus as local officials warned that food shortages had hit one of the Chilean capital's poorest neighborhoods.