News of chile

Chile court overturns murder verdict in ex-president Eduardo Frei's death

25-01-2021 23:05 Judges in Chile says ex-president Eduardo Frei's death four decades ago was not murder, overruling a 15-year investigation which concluded he was poisoned in hospital by agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet.

DIPLOMACY

Alberto Fernández to visit Chile's Piñera in Santiago this month

16-01-2021 06:56 President Alberto Fernández will travel to Santiago on January 26 to meet with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.

Global pandemic

Chile reports Latin America's first detected case of new virus strain

29-12-2020 16:24 Health authorities responded to the news by announcing that from December 31, everyone arriving in Chile would have to spend 10 days in quarantine.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Mexico, Chile lead Latin America's first vaccine rollouts

26-12-2020 09:12 Frontline medical workers in Mexico and Chile among first to be vaccinated in region, as mass immunisation programmes get underway.

Solar eclipse

Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness

14-12-2020 20:36 Despite Covid-19 restrictions on movement, almost 300,000 tourists arrived in the Araucania region of Chile on Monday to witness the solar eclipse.

INTERNATIONAL APPROACH

Wealth taxes and extraordinary contributions – how other nations handle it

21-11-2020 10:14 Worldwide Germany and France are the two most practical examples of that class of taxes labelled “solidarity."

BLOOMBERG

China’s state grid makes a US$3-billion push into Latin America

13-11-2020 13:53 State Grid Corp of China will pay 2.57 billion euros for an electricity network company in Chile, its first overseas deal in almost a year and a move that resumes its expansion abroad.

ARA SAN JUAN TRAGEDY

Families of ARA San Juan crew file lawsuit against Macri

11-11-2020 18:22 The families of the late crew of the ARA San Juan submarine on Wednesday denounced former president Mauricio Macri on charges of covering up the sinking of the vessel.

LANDSLIDE IN REFERENDUM

Chile abolishes constitution in groundbreaking vote for more inclusive democracy

31-10-2020 10:18 Events in Chile show us what frustrated people in democracies can achieve when they rise up.

LATIN AMERICA: LANDSLIDE IN REFERENDUM

Chile embarks upon a new path after landslide vote

31-10-2020 10:14 Chileans are eager for change, but a long road lies ahead in the search for a new constitution.

Referendum on constitution

Chileans look to future after referendum result

26-10-2020 17:43 Focus shifts to Chile's next chapter, as the country begins the tricky task of forging a new constitution.

BLOOMBERG

Chile investors brace for debate over new constitution

26-10-2020 17:10 Chileans voted overwhelmingly to change their constitution Sunday, triggering a wave of celebrations across the country and ushering in as much as two years of debate over the new charter. Here's what analysts had to say about what comes next.

Constitutional referendum

'Now there are real changes coming' – Chileans hail landmark vote

26-10-2020 08:10 Amid a year of Covid-19 contagion and social turmoil, Chileans vote for a new dawn.

Chile votes

Chileans overwhelmingly vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution

25-10-2020 22:42 Chile voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to scrap its Pinochet-era constitution and draft a new one. With more than half the votes counted, 77.9% backed a fresh charter, a key demand by protesters that took to the streets last year in huge numbers.

Constitutional referendum

Sniffing the winds of change in Chile referendum

25-10-2020 14:50 A year to the day after more than one million people thronged downtown Santiago in the biggest march of Chile's social uprising, Chileans vote Sunday on whether to change the country's dictatorship-era Constitution.

Constitutional referendum

Chileans vote on whether to rewrite dictatorship-era charter

25-10-2020 11:08 Chileans will decide on Sunday whether or not to replace the constitution that dates back to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and secondly, if the current Congress or other citizens should write the new text.

REGIONAL OUTLOOK

Latin America won’t see pre-virus growth until 2023, IMF says

22-10-2020 18:00 Most countries in Latin America will be unable to return to their pre-pandemic growth levels until 2023, says the IMF.

Protests in Chile

Riots escalate in Chile as crunch referendum draws closer

20-10-2020 08:48 President Sebastián Piñera condemned burning of two churches and other violence that marred anti-government demonstrations, as Chile prepares to hold a landmark constitutional referendum.

PROTESTS IN CHILE

Chile's wounded look to referendum, a year on from start of protests

14-10-2020 23:37 A year after the start of Chile's tumultuous social protests and as the country prepares for a landmark referendum, several protesters who suffered eye injuries believe their loss will not be in vain.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chile President Piñera condemns police violence against protesters

07-10-2020 01:09 Sebastián Piñera condemns police violence against protesters in Santiago after an officer threw a young demonstrator from a bridge.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Police officer in Chile accused of throwing teen from bridge

04-10-2020 19:13 Authorities in Chile have arrested a police officer who allegedly threw a teenager from a bridge into a river bed during a protest.

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades

03-10-2020 16:51 This year is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.

Global pandemic

Millions in Chile capital emerge from lockdown

28-09-2020 19:17 Chile on Monday lifted strict coronavirus lockdown measures for millions of people in the capital Santiago, a month ahead of a key referendum to amend the dictatorship-era constitution.

MINING

Chile court shuts Pascua Lama gold mine over environmental fears

18-09-2020 10:44 Chile's environmental court issues final order to close Canadian company Barrick Gold's huge Pascua Lama mining project, on hold since 2013 over environmental concerns.

Business departure

Falabella announces closure of four stores in Argentina

15-09-2020 08:07 Chilean department store chain to close four shops in Buenos Aires and look for "strategic partner" for remaining business interests in Argentina.

Global Pandemic

Soup kitchens are back, as crises bite hard in Chile

25-08-2020 16:14 Covid-19 has left many in Chile in hunger, inspiring restaurants and organisations to dedicate time and resources to creating soup kitchens throughout the country.

Global pandemic

Virus rages in South America as governments grasp for clues

18-08-2020 15:38 From incoherent mask rules to inconsistent social distancing, South America’s response to the novel coronavirus has been all over the map – here's a look at how each nation is doing.

Bloomberg

Chilean lawmakers want to raise US$6 billion taxing the ultra rich

13-08-2020 18:52 Legislators from the Communist Party to the Christian Democrats submitted a bill that would set a one-time, 2.5 percent levy on individuals with more than US$22 million in wealth. Government opposes proposal.

Los 33 mineros de Atacama

A decade on, hero Chilean miners are bitter and divided

03-08-2020 23:00 A decade ago, 33 Chilean miners became a symbol of hope and solidarity after surviving for more than two months trapped deep underground in the Atacama desert. Today, the men are at odds, mired in trauma, illness, jealousy and bitterness.

Airlines & Aviation

LATAM airline says it will lay off 2,700 crew

02-08-2020 19:29 Latin America's biggest airline said Friday it was laying off at least 2,700 crew to cope with the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation industry.

Global pandemic

Chile seeks to end confinement amid global Covid-19 spikes

20-07-2020 14:13 Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced the "Step by Step" plan to get out of 60 days of quarantine.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Once a Covid role model, Chile now among the world’s worst

17-06-2020 15:40 Two months ago, Chile was admired for its surgical approach to the pandemic. Today it has among the world’s highest rates of per-capita infections and the country's health minister has been forced to resign.

Global pandemic

Chile's Central Bank predicts worst GDP fall in 35 years

17-06-2020 15:32 Central Bank revises GDP projections, predicting a fall of 5.5% to 7.5% in 2020, due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Global pandemic

Chile police sue feminist group Las Tesis alleging incitement of violence

17-06-2020 15:30 The Chilean police are suing the prominent feminist group alleging that they incited violence against officers.

Bloomberg

Uber sees grocery delivery sparking its next wave of growth

15-06-2020 15:05 Delivering groceries is Uber Technologies Inc’s next frontier – at least in Latin America.

Global pandemic

WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems

02-06-2020 15:21 Four of the 10 countries showing the greatest number of new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours were in Latin America, the World Health Organisation's emergencies director Michael Ryan said.

Global pandemic

Latin America ignores Europe and reopens, as virus peak nears

01-06-2020 22:44 Most South American countries have begun easing Covid-19 restrictions even as the region hurtles toward its viral peak, disregarding the example set by European nations that were battered earlier by the virus.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Trump says the United States will cut ties with WHO

30-05-2020 10:04 Move likely to spark dismay, especially in other parts of the world where the coronavirus outbreak has yet to reach its peak.

Global pandemic

Latin America now accounts for roughly 40% of daily coronavirus deaths

28-05-2020 13:39 The statistics are chilling: Brazil has more cases than any country except the United States and some models forecast that deaths, currently at 25,000, could more than quadruple in coming months.

LITHIUM

Coronavirus halts lithium expansion in Argentina and Chile

23-05-2020 10:10 Projects under development halted and significant investments cancelled, as impact of Covid-19 pandemic begins to hit home.

by Fermin Koop

Bloomberg

Airline JetSmart negotiating help with Argentine, Chilean governments

07-05-2020 13:05 Low-cost airline JetSmart Airlines SpA is in talks with the governments of Chile and Argentina about helping the sector in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, said its CEO, Estuardo Ortiz, in an interview with radio Pauta Bloomberg.

Coronavirus pandemic

Chile orders new restrictions after spike in infections

05-05-2020 00:32 Chilean Health Ministry reports surge of 1,228 new infections, bringing the total to nearly 20,000 nationwide and dealing a blow to hopes it was over the worst of the crisis.

Research during pandemic

Ukraine scientists navigate lockdown to reach Antarctica

04-05-2020 13:45 Yuriy Otruba was preparing for his sixth scientific expedition to Antarctica when the coronavirus pandemic hit, shutting borders, grounding flights and locking down countries he needed to travel through, urging his team to do the ‘impossible’ while not getting infected.

TEch giant

US trade office adds Amazon, Argentina, Chile to 'notorious markets' list

01-05-2020 12:50 US adds five of Amazon’s overseas operations, Chile and Argentina to its list of “notorious markets’’ where pirated goods are sold. E-commerce giant dismissed the move as part of the Trump administration's “personal vendetta'' against it.

Coronavirus pandemic

Chile says Covid-19 patient card not an 'immunity pass'

29-04-2020 19:01 Debate has swirled about the use of "immunity passports" seen as a possible tool for countries preparing to get people back to work after weeks of economic shutdown.

Diplomatic effort

Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay jointly repatriate 386 people

15-04-2020 00:25 Group had been affected by the closure of respective borders and cancellations of commercial flights due to the coronavirus pandemic.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Fragile Latin America faces another lost decade – and maybe worse

07-04-2020 17:29 Like most of the world, the region is bracing for the deepest recession in its modern history. Bank of America expects a 4.4% slump in output this year as the coronavirus epidemic spreads.

Coronavirus pandemic

Chilean Consul in Rosario dies from coronavirus

02-04-2020 09:10 Fernando Labra Hidalgo died at a private hospital in the Sante Fe city after having been hospitalised for several days, according to an official statement.

Coronavirus pandemic

Stranded cruise ship passengers hold hopes of reaching land

25-03-2020 08:44 The Zaandam liner's plight is the latest affecting the global cruise industry, which has seen vessels refused entry to ports and others locked down after new-coronavirus cases were confirmed onboard during the pandemic.