News of chile

Chile overwhelmingly scorns immigration, poll shows

31-10-2024 10:43 Chileans are demanding stricter immigration controls much more than neighbours in other Latin American nations, according to a new poll, as an influx of newcomers upends politics in one of the region’s richest economies.

Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile

30-10-2024 13:45 Murders, violent crime and drug seizures have increased; Chile more than tripled spending since 2022 to meet threat.

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

23-08-2024 12:58 Argentina, along with the United States and nine Latin American countries, issues statement rejecting the Venezuela Supreme Court's certification of President Nicolás Maduro's July 28 re-election.

Milei praises Chile’s economic policy during ‘unofficial’ visit to Santiago

09-08-2024 16:10 President Javier Milei praises Chile’s longstanding economic policies and avoids criticising Gabriel Boric during brief visit to Argentina's neighbour.

Argentina into Copa América quarters after 1-0 win over Chile

26-06-2024 00:04 Lautaro Martínez gets a late winner for Argentina as the Albiceleste avenge famous Copa América final defeat to Chile and qualify for the quarter-finals.

Birthday boy Messi returns to scene of Copa América torment

24-06-2024 20:28 Lionel Messi will return to the scene of one of the most disappointing moments in his stellar career when Argentina face Chile at MetLife Stadium on Tuesday.

State of 'catastrophe' as cold front and downpours hit Chile

13-06-2024 17:40 Thousands affected as Chile issues first top level weather warning in two decades. Cold front moves towards Argentina.

Giant lithium partnership created in Chile with Codelo-SQM deal

31-05-2024 18:37 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium.

Inflation near 300% wipes out tourists’ deep discounts

13-04-2024 17:13 Surging inflation threatens to crimp a key source of tourism revenue as foreigners opt for other destinations.

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

13-04-2024 16:59 Nutrien, the world’s largest maker of fertilisers, says it is looking to sell its retail operations in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Polluted paradise: Chile town waits for clean-up as coal shuts off

12-02-2024 13:28 Coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air in a small town, but Chile has embarked on a whirlwind energy transition

Latin America’s inflation progress tempered by soaring food price pressures

08-02-2024 14:28 Consumer price readings underscore challenges facing Latin American policymakers as they calibrate future interest rate cuts. Most of the region’s major inflation-targeting central banks have already begun reducing borrowing costs

Shock in Chile as ex-president Pinera dies in helicopter crash

06-02-2024 20:27 The crash took place in Lago Ranco, a lake district some 920 kilometres south of Santiago, where Piñera often spent vacations with his children and grandchildren.

Chile wildfire death toll rises to 131

06-02-2024 16:46 Death toll from weekend inferno that razed hilltop neighbourhoods in coastal region of Chile rises to 131.

Argentina's Embassy in Chile vandalised by anti-Milei protesters

20-12-2023 12:02 Argentina's Embassy in Santiago attacked by anti-Milei vandals hours before planned demonstration in Buenos Aires against the new government.

Chile to vote on new, more conservative constitution

16-12-2023 16:51 Chileans to vote in a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution, with analysts saying the new proposal is even more conservative than the existing charter.

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

24-09-2023 16:25 According to various surveys carried out to date, the vast majority of Argentines have at least one pet in their homes.

by Dante Gabriel Bogani Sandez

Start-up summit Nanotech eyes US$150 million funding for a new way to mine lithium

07-09-2023 12:46 Summit Nanotech Corp, a Canadian start-up working on a way to hasten extraction of lithium from South American salt flats, plans to raise US$150 million to take the technology to commercial scale.

Tension between Argentina, Chile over territorial waters claim

29-08-2023 16:21 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires files complaint with Santiago after Chilean Navy issues map claiming jurisdiction over Argentine waters.

Eduardo Porter: Latin America is waxing nostalgic for dictators

29-08-2023 10:09 Fifty years after Augusto Pinochet infamously squashed democracy in Chile, the false promise of authoritarian rule once again tempts the region’s citizens.