News of chile

Chileans opt for 'outsiders' to draft post-Pinochet constitution

Yesterdat 10:04 Chile votes for members of a new 155-member body to draft new constitution. President Sebastián Piñera says outcome of election shows his government and political parties are not "attuned to the demands and aspirations of citizens."

Chilean Politics

New constitution, new dawn for Chile?

13-05-2021 16:30 Over two days on Saturday and Sunday, Chileans will elect a body of 155 constitution-writers who will replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Six sovereign defaults in 13 months roil Latin American markets

13-05-2021 10:21 Sovereign bond defaults have piled up at a dizzying clip in Latin America since the coronavirus pandemic began.

MINING IN CHILE

Copper bonanza challenge for top producer Chile

04-05-2021 09:00 As the global economy starts to shake off the impacts of the Covid-19 epidemic and makers of electric cars and renewable energy systems clamour for copper, Chile stands to gain handsomely. But political uncertainties in the South American nation have some worried.

Coronavirus Pandemic

China's Coronavac 80% effective at preventing Covid deaths, says Chile study

16-04-2021 13:12 A study conducted in Chile found that China's Coronavac vaccine against Covid-19 was 67 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 and 80 percent at preventing death.

LITHIUM

Argentina talks up potential of growing lithium industry

10-04-2021 08:48 Investment in the lithium sector over the last three years has surpassed US$1.1 billion, while jobs created have tripled, according to government data.

INTERVIEW – PERIODISMO PURO

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

10-04-2021 07:42 Rafael Bielsa, Argentina’s current Ambassador to Chile, on the pandemic, the president, Peronism and bilateral relations.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Tax-the-rich initiatives gain support across Latin America

08-04-2021 14:55 Chile, Mexico, Colombia see wealth tax proposals advancing, Argentina and Bolivia have already passed measures; Debt in region soared as pandemic caused worst crash in two centuries.

Global pandemic

Chile, Bolivia, close borders, Peru locks down in Covid battle

02-04-2021 02:59 Virus surges in Latin America – Chile closes all borders for the month of April; Bolivia shutters frontier with Brazil; Peru goes into Easter lockdown.

Global pandemic

Chile closes borders for April as Covid cases rise

01-04-2021 15:11 With new virus variants, believed to be more contagious, spreading across the continent, cases have been soaring in Chile despite its vaccination drive.

CHILEAN POLITICS

Chile president proposes delaying election on new constitution

29-03-2021 19:28 Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on Sunday proposed delaying elections that will choose a commission to rewrite the country's dictatorship-era constitution, due to a surge in Covid-19 infections.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina suspends flights from Brazil, Chile and Mexico

26-03-2021 10:22 Government announces that flights to Argentina from Brazil, Chile and Mexico will be suspended starting this Saturday, March 27.

Coronavirus vaccines

Coronavirus vaccine reaches Antarctica

18-03-2021 11:24 The coronavirus vaccine has reached Antarctica after Chile immunised 49 people on the continent, the country's Air Force said on Wednesday.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Vaccine gains bring Chile's Piñera back from the brink

09-03-2021 13:56 Just over a year ago, Chile’s billionaire president, Sebastián Piñera, had an approval rating of six percent, the lowest in Latin America. Today, his approval rating has leaped as the country vaccinates its population against Covid at a rate that outstrips most of the world.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Slow justice for women abused by Chile's dictatorship

05-03-2021 12:22 More than 40,000 people were tortured and another 3,200 were murdered or disappeared in the 17 years of Augusto Pinochet's regime (1973-1990), which savaged women, making them victims of aberrant methods of torture specially focused on sexual violence.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Chile leads the pack in Latin American vaccine campaign

03-03-2021 18:44 Chile has managed to inoculate 18% of its population with at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 and is among the first five countries in the world to do so.

MIGRATION CRISIS

Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile

03-03-2021 11:07 According to the UN, five million Venezuelans have fled their country since 2015. Most have travelled elsewhere in South America, including about a half million to Chile, where many expect to find a chance at a new life in a more stable economy.

MINING

China's appetite for copper provides Chile with opportunity

26-02-2021 13:08 With the price of copper reaching a 10-year high thanks in no small part to China's insatiable appetite, Chile faces a "unique" opportunity, according to experts.

Global pandemic

Vaccine delays threaten economies hardest hit by pandemic

23-02-2021 12:24 Latin America and the Caribbean, the region where the coronavirus caused the worst economic destruction and more than a quarter of the world’s deaths, is now falling victim to a slow inoculation campaign.

PRESIDENT VISITS CHILE

Fernández calls for closer ties during visit to Chile

30-01-2021 08:51 President flies to Santiago for two-day visit, taking in meetings with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, a host of opposition politicians and businessmen.

LATIN AMERICA

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.

News of chile

Chileans opt for 'outsiders' to draft post-Pinochet constitution

New constitution, new dawn for Chile?

Six sovereign defaults in 13 months roil Latin American markets

Copper bonanza challenge for top producer Chile

China's Coronavac 80% effective at preventing Covid deaths, says Chile study

Argentina talks up potential of growing lithium industry

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

Tax-the-rich initiatives gain support across Latin America

Chile, Bolivia, close borders, Peru locks down in Covid battle

Chile closes borders for April as Covid cases rise

Chile president proposes delaying election on new constitution

Argentina suspends flights from Brazil, Chile and Mexico

Coronavirus vaccine reaches Antarctica

Vaccine gains bring Chile's Piñera back from the brink

Slow justice for women abused by Chile's dictatorship

Chile leads the pack in Latin American vaccine campaign

Complex culture clash as Venezuelan migrants flood into Chile

China's appetite for copper provides Chile with opportunity

Vaccine delays threaten economies hardest hit by pandemic

Fernández calls for closer ties during visit to Chile

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

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

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

Mexico, Chile lead Latin America's first vaccine rollouts

Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness

Wealth taxes and extraordinary contributions – how other nations handle it

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

Families of ARA San Juan crew file lawsuit against Macri

Chile abolishes constitution in groundbreaking vote for more inclusive democracy

Chile embarks upon a new path after landslide vote

Chileans look to future after referendum result

Chile investors brace for debate over new constitution

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

Chileans overwhelmingly vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution

Sniffing the winds of change in Chile referendum

Chileans vote on whether to rewrite dictatorship-era charter

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

Riots escalate in Chile as crunch referendum draws closer

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

Chile President Piñera condemns police violence against protesters

Police officer in Chile accused of throwing teen from bridge

Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades

Millions in Chile capital emerge from lockdown

Chile court shuts Pascua Lama gold mine over environmental fears

Falabella announces closure of four stores in Argentina

Soup kitchens are back, as crises bite hard in Chile

Virus rages in South America as governments grasp for clues

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

A decade on, hero Chilean miners are bitter and divided

LATAM airline says it will lay off 2,700 crew

Fernández defends 30-day suspension of beef exports

Government to suspend beef exports for at least 30 days

Bonds climb as Fernández backs swift deal with IMF

Beef only for Argentines, government says after halting exports

Macri faces friendly fire from ally after Covid-19 vaccination in Miami

Guillermo Moreno: "Si Alberto Fernández no hace lo que hizo Kirchner termina como Alfonsín"

Rodríguez Larreta esperará 48 horas más para analizar datos: qué restricciones analiza

Cristina, Alberto, la oposición y las elecciones: participá del streaming de Jorge Fontevecchia

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Cristina Fernández habló sobre "Pepín" Rodríguez Simón: "De impunes y prófugos"