Tag: Sebastián Piñera

Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 08:16 UTC
Argentina and Chile defuse diplomatic spat; Santiago accused Fernandez of “meddling” in Chilean affairs

The leaders of Argentina and Chile have moved to defuse a recent diplomatic spat after officials in Santiago accused President Alberto Fernandez of “meddling” in Chile's internal affairs after he met with Chilean opposition leaders.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Chile declares a 90-day “state of catastrophe” beginning this Thursday

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera on Wednesday declared a 90-day state of catastrophe as cases of the new coronavirus mounted in the nation, giving the government extraordinary powers to restrict freedom of movement and assure food supply and basic services.
Friday, March 13th 2020 - 07:29 UTC
Civil disobedience resumes in Chile with demands for president Piñera to step down

A Chilean student blinded in both eyes by police rubber bullets became the symbol of this week's protests on the second year of president Sebastián Piñera's mandate but also the thirtieth anniversary of the return of democracy to Chile.
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:35 UTC
Chile's main rock festival turned into major clashes and arson between protesters and police

Thousands of protesters armed with stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails clashed with police on Sunday as one of Latin America's biggest music festival opened, in the latest spurt of a four-month-old wave of grassroots anger over economic inequality and other woes.
Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Violence resurgence in Chile: three deaths, looting and torched supermarkets

A man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a supermarket was torched in Chile's capital Santiago on Friday, bringing the death toll from a resurgence in violent unrest rose to three. A mob looted and then set fire to the supermarket in southern Santiago in the early hours of Friday.
Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Piñera triggers more riots as he claims many videos on the protests were fake news

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, whose government has been rocked by riots over inequality, ignited a fresh wave of anger after claiming that “many” videos on social media of police abuse of demonstrators were “fake news”, and unrest was being fomented by foreign governments.
Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:20 UTC
In a public release Piñera tells president Fernandez MYOB, abstain from comments on Chilean domestic policy

In a formal public release, the Chilean Foreign office demanded that Argentine president Alberto Fernandez avoid making comments about the internal affairs of the country, following Fernandez statements during a television interview that the international community was not so critical of Chile as it is of Venezuela.
Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:15 UTC
Chile: Allegedly intentional fire in Valparaíso consumed around 245 houses at Christmas

A voracious fire in the Chilean city of Valparaíso began on Tuesday and extended until after Christmas Eve on Wednesday, leaving about 245 homes destroyed, 2000 people without power and a dozen injured. The authorities believe that the fires in the tourist city were intentional.
Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Riots, turmoil and the Argentine Peso, a tremendous toll for tourism in Chile

Research undertaken by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics firm, which analyses 17 million flight bookings and 7 million flight searches a day, has revealed that the recent riots in Chile have taken a tremendous toll on tourism to the country.
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.