latin america Lula sees global fatigue over Ukraine as he pushes for peace 19-07-2023 13:44 Brazil's Lula calls for peace as world grows weary of Ukraine conflict.
MERCOSUR TENSIONS Lula vows to grow Mercosur amid Uruguay flak, Argentina crisis 05-07-2023 11:00 Plans to strengthen and expand the Mercosur trading bloc hit by disagreement among its members over several topics, including Venezuela and free-trade agreements with other markets.
CHILEAN POLITICS Chile's Boric sees approval rating jump to highest level in a year 06-06-2023 10:50 Gabriel Boric’s approval rating rose to the highest in a year after the former student protest leader said he will insist on tax increases to fund a long list of social programmes.
South American summit Venezuela debate overshadows Lula’s unity pitch at summit 01-06-2023 00:39 Uruguay and Chile slam Lula’s defence of Nicolás Maduro at South American summit in Brasília.
ANALYSIS Latin America's leaders and UNASUR: unity in the midst of divergence 31-05-2023 10:31 Everybody was onboard with unity at the meeting of South American leaders in Brasília, but the presence of Nicolás Maduro caused divergence. by Eleonora Gosman
CHILE HEALTH Chile government says private health insurers owe US$1.4 billion in overcharges 11-05-2023 15:04 Chile’s government confirmed that private health insurance companies will have to pay about US$1.4 billion to abide by a 2022 Supreme Court ruling, confirming the worst-case scenario for an industry near collapse.
CHILEAN CONSTITUTION Far-right wins most seats on Chile's constitution rewrite body 08-05-2023 10:58 Chile's far-right Republican Party finished in first place Sunday in a nationwide vote to choose the 50 members of a committee that will draft a replacement to the country's dictatorship-era constitution.
BLOOMBERG Chile, one of the world’s lithium leaders, looks like a shakier source 28-04-2023 12:28 The state plans to take control in Chile, which boasts unmatched reserves of the battery metal.
Lithium in Latin America Peru sees lithium mining opportunity in Chile’s statist plan 28-04-2023 11:14 Peru seeking a more active role in trying to lure lithium mining investments in light of Chile’s decision to take state control of all new projects of battery metal.
Lithium in Latin America Chile’s Boric announces public-private model for tapping lithium reserves 21-04-2023 09:53 Chile’s government delivers long-awaited lithium development policy; State will partner with private firms to tap reserves says President Boric.
FOREIGN POLICY Argentina officially rejoins Unasur, Brazil to follow suit 06-04-2023 00:36 Alberto Fernández announces that Argentina has officially rejoined the Unasur regional bloc during visit to Santiago; Brazil will follow suit, says president, who wants to convince Chilean leader Gabriel Boric to do the same.
"PINK TIDE" Nicaragua a political headache for Latin American left 24-02-2023 09:40 Spread as they are across the leftist spectrum. Latin American governments have failed to come up with a cohesive response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's move to strip more than 300 critics and political opponents of citizenship.
BLAZES CONTINUE Chile declares curfew in fire-ravaged regions 09-02-2023 17:13 Chile's fires remain uncontrolled one week in, despite relentless efforts. Flames have claimed lives of 24, injured 2,180, and completely destroyed 1,180 homes and left 5,560 people homeless.
International Aid Lula brushes off Germany’s appeal for Brazil to send weapons to Ukraine 31-01-2023 11:33 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva turned down German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's request to send ammunition to Ukraine as part of the international effort to help Kyiv repel the Russian invasion.
German Chancellor in Brazil Lula receives Scholz on German leader's last leg of regional tour 30-01-2023 15:29 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received Olaf Scholz on Monday, with the German chancellor becoming the first Western leader to visit Brazil since 2015.
FOREIGN POLITICS & DIPLOMACY German Chancellor heads to Argentina with investment on agenda 27-01-2023 16:44 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will stay in Argentina for 48 hours as part of a Latin American tour designed to secure the flow of raw materials for German industry and revitalise the EU-Mercosur agreement.
BLOOMBERG Rich investors pull out of Chile, leaving behind a US$50-billion hole 19-01-2023 14:45 Chile, Latin America’s stand-out economy for the better part of 50 years and a darling of Wall Street, is in many ways facing an existential moment.
ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE Chile sinks controversial mining project over environmental concerns 18-01-2023 16:11 Chile's government on Wednesday torpedoed a controversial billion-dollar mining project due to be built near a nature reserve that is home to a rare species of penguin.
LATIN AMERICA Chilean Congress agrees to restart Constitution rewrite process 13-12-2022 09:08 Council's members to draft new constitution will be elected in a mandatory vote in April 2023, and must be equal numbers of men and women.
LATIN AMERICA Chile president blasts 'terrorist' Mapuche attacks in flashpoint region 11-11-2022 13:41 Gabriel Boric slams "terrorist" arson attacks as he visited the southern Araucanía region that has been wracked by violence.
CONSTITUTIONAL VOTE Chile President Boric reshuffles Cabinet after referendum rout 08-09-2022 01:50 Chile President Gabriel Boric fires interior minister and removes one of his chief advisers in a sweeping cabinet shake-up, tacking to the political centre after voters overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution that his government had backed in a referendum.
Chile Constitution Vote Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution 04-09-2022 22:46 The new ultra-progressive constitution proposed by Gabriel Boric’s government has been decisively rejected by the Chilean public this Sunday, in a compulsory vote to choose whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS World’s hottest economy goes cold as Chileans run out of money 30-08-2022 10:55 Chile, a country that’s long prided itself on having the most stable economy in all of Latin America, is facing a sudden turn toward stagflation.
Chile's New Constitution Chile President Boric receives draft constitution 04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left 22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.
Education Crisis Report: Latin America's children lost more than a year's learning due to pandemic 05-06-2022 14:02 Children who have returned to school in Latin America after closures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic have lost between 1 and 1.8 years of learning, according to a new World Bank report.
Indigenous Rights Military redeployment turns Chile's Mapuche areas into powder keg 27-05-2022 14:51 With military troops once again patrolling their ancestral lands, members of the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile's south are angry.
Bloomberg Chile to cushion the blow of glacier ban on giant copper mines 24-05-2022 15:08 Chile’s government is looking at a gradual implementation for a proposed ban on mining near glaciers in order to limit the impact on some of the world’s biggest copper mines and their planned projects.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’ 20-05-2022 10:00 Jaime Duran Barba, one of the region's most important political analysts and consultants, discusses Javier Milei's chances of being president, Latin American politics and Argentina's coalitions. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Indigenous rights Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions 17-05-2022 14:13 Chilean President Gabriel Boric's government decrees re-militarisation of troubled southern region of La Araucanía, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by Mapuche indigenous groups.
Leftist leader Chilean President Boric unveils economic recovery plan 08-04-2022 15:12 Chile's president Gabriel Boric announced an economic recovery plan worth US$3.7 billion that envisages the creation of half a million jobs.
UNREST IN CHILE Chilean leader worried about drop in support for new constitution 07-04-2022 21:07 Chilean government confirms citizens will vote in a mandatory referendum on September 4 to approve or reject the new constitution.
HUMAN RIGHTS Boric calls on Argentina not to forget the crimes of the dictatorships 06-04-2022 16:47 "Memory and unrestricted respect for human rights is fundamental," declares Chile's leftist leader after emotional visit to the former ESMA Navy Mechanics School concentration camp in Nuñez.
BLOOMBERG Chile sours on Boric, constitution as poll finds economic alarm 05-04-2022 10:15 Chileans’ support for both their new president and the institution rewriting the constitution is fading fast, according to a new poll.
Bilateral relations Boric calls for Latin American unity and 'deepening' of ties with Argentina 04-04-2022 17:43 Speaking during his visit to Buenos Aires, Chilean President Gabriel Boric calls for greater Latin American unity as he highlights the “deep brotherhood" that unites his country with Argentina.
Boric in Buenos Aires Chile President Boric promises ‘dialogue’ to resolve Mapuche conflict 04-04-2022 17:08 Chilean leader vows to resolve ongoing conflict with indigenous Mapuche groups through "dialogue," denies any demands could call into question Argentina's territorial integrity.
Bilateral relations Chile's Boric visits Argentina in first foreign trip as president 02-04-2022 22:13 Chile's President Gabriel Boric will travel to Argentina on Sunday in his first international official visit.
Bilateral relations New Chile president to visit Argentina in April on first foreign trip 18-03-2022 13:09 Chile’s new leader Gabriel Boric will travel to Argentina next month for a meeting with his President Alberto Fernández.
EDITORIAL A changing world, near and far 11-03-2022 14:37 Gabriel Boric’s inauguration takes Chile into uncharted territory, but the world as a whole may well be taking an even greater leap into the dark.
NEW ERA IN CHILE Chile's new president Gabriel Boric takes office with big plans for change 11-03-2022 09:48 Former student leader Gabriel Boric will be sworn in Friday as Chile's youngest-ever president, with plans to turn the country into a greener, more egalitarian "welfare state."
ENVIRONMENT Gabriel Boric wants to lead a green revolution 11-03-2022 09:33 A new generation of leaders in commodity-rich Latin America sees climate change and its link to inequality as the new political fault line, including Chile's new president Gabriel Boric.
BORIC PREPARES TO TAKE OFFICE Children of exile bring fresh vision to Chile cabinet 10-03-2022 20:59 Six of the 24 ministers who will form Gabriel Boric's Cabinet were born, raised or studied in exile, a legacy of the torture, imprisonment, repression and poverty that shook the country between 1973 and 1990.
Handover in Chile Chile's first lady elect to give role feminist makeover 19-01-2022 10:54 Irina Karamanos, the partner of Chile's president elect Gabriel Boric, announced on Tuesday she would take on the official role of first lady – but she also vowed to make it more feminist.
LATIN AMERICA Gabriel Boric has the chance to rewire Chile – and Latin America’s left 10-01-2022 10:24 Once the region’s no-frills, free-market poster child, Chile needs more government spending, not less, to sustain its growth trajectory.
FOREIGN POLICY Boric: Chile will prioritise Pacific Alliance under my government 27-12-2021 22:53 Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric has said that his new government will focus its foreign policy on improving ties with members of the Pacific Alliance bloc.
PROFILE: GABRIEL BORIC New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role 21-12-2021 15:44 While Gabriel Boric is sometimes described as part of a leftward shift in Latin America, he seems to be of a new, more globalist, breed.
CHILE RUN-OFF 2021 Economic, political troubles ahead for Chile's leftist president-elect 20-12-2021 12:44 Analysts say one of the first tasks for Boric will be to reassure financial markets of stability in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.
LEFTIST ELECTED PRESIDENT Chile stock market plummets in response to Boric's election win 20-12-2021 11:40 Chilean stock market and peso takes a beating after leftist leader Gabriel Boric is elected the country's youngest-ever president-elect.
Chile's next president Gabriel Boric: a millennial president for a new Chile 19-12-2021 20:49 Former student activist Gabriel Boric becomes Chile's youngest-ever president - but who is he?
CHILE RUN-OFF 2021 Celebrations in Chile as Gabriel Boric is elected new president 19-12-2021 20:33 The streets of Santiago exploded in celebration Sunday after far-right lawyer José Antonio Kast conceded a polarised presidential election run-off to his leftist rival Gabriel Boric.