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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'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.

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.

Bloomberg

Chile’s Lower House rejects wealth tax, higher corporate levies

19-05-2021 09:31 Chile’s lower house of Congress has rejected proposals for a wealth tax and higher corporate levies, marking a major setback for the legislation.

KEY VOTE IN CHILE

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

17-05-2021 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.