Tag: Sebastián Piñera

• Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 11:21 UTC

  Chilean Air Force Hercules aircraft goes missing enroute to Antarctica

  

  A Chilean Air Force (FACh) Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4.55 p.m. local time Monday from the southern city of Punta Arenas and lost radio contact at 6.13 p.m. on its way to Antarctica, according to a press release from the defense authorities. The US built airplane was carrying 38 people on board, 17 crew members and 21 passengers.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Lower electricity and transport fares help to keep inflation almost unchanged in turbulent Chile

  

  Chilean consumer prices barely budged amid unrest in November, the government said on Friday, with inflationary pressure from a downward spiraling peso offset by one-time cuts in electricity rates and public transportation fares.

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 01:07 UTC

  Rioting Chile forced to cancel the football season and motor rally activities

  

  The football federation in Chile has announced it is to cancel the rest of the season due to security concerns following weeks of anti-government protests. All matches were suspended when the violence began six weeks ago.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Congress urges Piñera to use the “constitutional tools” to quell the violence. Chilean Peso plummets to new low

  

  Chilean lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday to fast-track reforms to beef up security, warning that a resurgence in violence and vandalism was threatening to derail the country’s 30-year-old democracy.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  The Economist and Chile: the painful birth of a different country

  

  In 2014, Michelle Bachelet a Socialist swept into Chile’s presidency for a second time on a program of radical reform of tax, education and pensions. She also aspired to enact a new constitution that would guarantee “more balance between the state, the private sector and society”, as she told your columnist over tea at the Moneda presidential palace. She argued that her “struggle against inequality” was the last chance to deal with discontents that, if neglected, could push Chile towards populism.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Chile's Thursday demonstrations recalled the anniversary of the death of a Mapuche leader by police

  

  Demonstrators gathered in Chile's public squares on Thursday for another round of protests, which have paralysed daily life for almost a month. This time protests were pegged to the anniversary of a young indigenous man Mapuche, who was shot dead by police in circumstances that are still under investigation. At least 24 people have died and thousands injured in clashes between protesters and police.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Protests continue in Chile as economy faces “grave consequences” and Peso plunges to a historic low

  

  Chile’s finance minister warned on Tuesday of the “grave consequences” for the nation’s economy of three weeks of often violent unrest after the peso slid 4% to hit a historic low against the dollar. Ignacio Briones said the weakening of the peso was a “sign of worry” that he and his colleagues were watching very carefully.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  Huge peaceful demonstration in Santiago, but radicals loot a church and university

  

  Around 75,000 people took to the streets in Santiago on Friday as part of ongoing anti-government protests in Chile. Local press reported the mostly peaceful demonstration as the second-largest since the protests broke out three weeks ago.

• Friday, November 8th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Chile tightens public order in the wake of three weeks of anti government protests and looting

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Piñera on Thursday announced a series of measures to tighten public order in the wake of three weeks of anti-government protests that have left at least 20 people dead.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile addresses alleged police brutality; protestors march on Santiago rich districts clashing and looting

  

  Chile's president said on Wednesday his government had “nothing to hide” concerning allegations that police killed, tortured and sexually assaulted civilians during deadly protests against him. Prosecutors say five of the 20 deaths recorded in the protests against high living costs were suspected to have been at the hands of security forces.