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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.

RIGHT UNITES IN FORUM

LatAm, Euro leaders form group to tackle ‘populist left’

18-03-2023 09:33 Mauricio Macri among leaders who sign up to new political forum designed to regional coordination and take on the “populist” left; Grupo Libertad y Democracia founded by former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera.

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.

Global pandemic

Chile to start administering fourth Covid vaccine dose next week

07-01-2022 12:11 Chile will start administering a fourth Covid vaccine dose to people with weakened immune systems from Monday, announces President Sebastián Piñera.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chile President Piñera signs same-sex marriage law

09-12-2021 21:26 "Today the time has come for marriage equality in our country, the time has come to deepen the values of freedom and dignity," declares Chilean President Sebastián Piñera as he signs historic bill into law.

Chile election 2021

Uncertainty hangs over presidential race as Chile votes

20-11-2021 09:30 Seven candidates – ranging from the far left to extreme right – are in the running to be Chile’s next president, among them Pinochet admirer José Antonio Kast.

Chile election 2021

Chile election puts free-market model at mercy of angry voters

19-11-2021 11:30 A politically polarised Chile holds presidential elections on Sunday, with voters set to either overthrow an economic model installed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet or double down on its free-market ethos.

PANDORA PAPERS

Chile President Sebastián Piñera survives impeachment vote

17-11-2021 12:42 Chile's Senate declines to impeach President Sebastián Piñera over a business deal revealed in the Pandora Papers leaks, refusing to go along with the lower house of Congress in opening proceedings against him.

POLITICS IN CHILE

Chile's lower house approves impeachment trial of President Piñera

09-11-2021 13:04 Chile's lower house approves impeachment trial of President Sebastián Piñera over corruption allegations that appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks.

Elections in Chile

Chile violence a boost to far-right ahead of elections, say experts

22-10-2021 02:49 Violent clashes between protesters and security forces on the streets of Chile this week could be playing into the hands of the far-right with a general election just one month away, experts say.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile opposition moves to impeach Piñera over Pandora Papers claims

14-10-2021 12:51 Chile's opposition on Wednesday moved to impeach President Sebastián Piñera for the controversial sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children, which appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks.

UNREST IN CHILE

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

13-10-2021 09:11 Sebastián Piñera declares a state of emergency and deploys troops to two southern regions, after clashes break out between Mapuche protesters and security forces.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile's opposition accuses President Piñera after Pandora Papers report

06-10-2021 13:01 Opposition lawmakers in Chile said Tuesday they will present a parliamentary charge that could lead to the removal of President Sebastian Piñera following allegations related to the Pandora Papers leak.

MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

Diplomatic row between Argentina and Chile erupts over maritime borders

02-09-2021 23:00 Tensions between Argentina and Chile boil over, with the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires accusing Sebastián Piñera's administration of attempting to "expropriate" part of its maritime territory.

Mining

Three unions on strike at world's largest copper producer

18-08-2021 14:37 Three unions from state mining enterprise Codelco, the largest producer of copper in the world, are on strike after rejecting a new labor agreement, a union leader told AFP on Tuesday.

ENVIRONMENT

Contested Chilean mining project given boost, despite protests

11-08-2021 21:52 Regional environmental evaluation commission in Chile approves controversial mining project close to a national reserve that is home to a vulnerable species of penguin.

LGBT+ RIGHTS

Chile senators approve gay marriage bill; one step left

21-07-2021 15:21 Senators in Chile passed a long-awaited bill Wednesday authorising same-sex marriage in what gay campaigners hope will be the penultimate step to its final approval.

Chile election 2021

Chilean presidential hopeful Sichel wants to save Chile's model, not scrap it

01-07-2021 10:56 Sebastián Sichel, a former government minister under President Sebastián Piñera, says Chile’s pro-business economic model can be improved from within and doesn’t need radical reform.

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Piñera: Chile to begin writing its new constitution on July 4, says

21-06-2021 11:36 Chile's existing constitution dates from 1980, enacted at the height of Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 rule. Convention tasked with rewriting it will begin work on July 4.

ENVIRONMENT

Chile inaugurates Latin America's first thermosolar plant

11-06-2021 00:55 Chile inaugurated Cerro Dominador, Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, as a step in the country's quest for carbon-neutrality by 2050.