News of chile

PESO SLUMPS

Chile's Central Bank to inject US$4 billion to halt curency slide

14-11-2019 11:05 Chile's currency closed at a new record low for the second day running on Wednesday after losing another 1.5 percent amidst a weeks-long crisis.

Chile Protests

Argentina's Embassy in Santiago evacuated after 'attack'

13-11-2019 15:32 Ambassador José Octavio Bordón was one of the diplomats who fled the building while protesters tried to enter.

CHILE PROTESTS

Chile to amend constitution, a key demand of protesters

11-11-2019 13:36 As protests enter fourth week of violent unrest, President Sebastián Piñera agrees to rewrite and replace Pinochet-era document.

EDITORIAL

A month is an even longer time in politics

09-11-2019 12:11 His future Cabinet remains a mystery while his road map for a stricken economy does not go beyond a broad socio-economic agreement, with a 2020 wage and price ceiling of 35 percent widely floated but far from confirmed.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Fans lose out again in last-minute Libertadores final switch

09-11-2019 11:58 The one-off Copa Libertadores final already excluded loyal supporters from the chance of seeing their heroes in action in the biggest game of the year. This latest switch only rubs that fact even harder.

by Dan Edwards

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Putting Chile’s protest crisis in context

09-11-2019 11:50 In Chile a pro-market approach has never hinged on the electoral result – when the right loses an election, the country is assured of a broadly similar set of fiscal, monetary, trade and other economic policies.

by Michael Soltys

Chile Protests

Piñera on alleged abuses: Chilean government has 'nothing to hide'

06-11-2019 12:58 Demonstrations have shrunk in size, but protesters say it's not due to lack of commitment to the cause. Meanwhile, an investigation mounts against Chilean law enforcement for human rights abuses and the economy takes a hit.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Copa Libertadores final moved from Santiago to Lima by CONMEBOL

06-11-2019 09:27 One-leg final clash between River Plate of Argentina and Brazil's Flamengo remains scheduled for November 23, but it will now take place in Peru's capital instead of Santiago's Estadio Nacional stadium.

COPA LIBERTADORES

CONMEBOL to review Santiago venue for Copa Libertadores final

04-11-2019 17:35 Region's football chiefs will meet Tuesday with the presidents of Libertadores finalists, River Plate and Flamengo, to review plans for this month's showpiece final following deadly protests in the Chilean capital.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Copa Libertadores final once more troubles South America

31-10-2019 17:02 One year on, South American football faces a familiar question: Where will the final of Copa Libertadores be played?

LANDMARK EVENTS

Chile scraps Asia-Pacific and climate summits amid protests

30-10-2019 12:23 Even a cabinet shakeup doesn't stem the country's protests, compelling Piñera to call off two major gatherings of international leaders Chile was scheduled to host.

Chile Protests

Fresh protests, looting erupt in Chile despite new Cabinet

29-10-2019 08:21 Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera's replacement of eight important Cabinet ministers with more centrist figures, and his attempts to assure the country that he had heard calls for greater equality and improved social services.

ANALYSIS

Protests engulf Latin America, but don’t oversimplify, experts say

26-10-2019 12:50 There’s no simple explanation for the turbulence, analysts say, despite thematic undercurrents of economic equality, lack of social mobility and political disenfranchisement.

by Carly Graf

Chile Protests

Anti-government protests intensify in Chile; at least 19 have died

25-10-2019 20:49 The unrest began as a protest over a four-cent increase in subway fares and soon morphed into a larger movement over growing inequality in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.

Chile Protests

Estimated one million flood streets of Santiago as crisis continues

25-10-2019 20:27 Entering their second week, demonstrations against the Chilean government persist, growing in size and strength.

Chile Protests

UN to probe abuses in Chile as strike continues

24-10-2019 23:44 Head of UN Human Rights Council and former Chilean president says the “verification mission” will “examine the allegations of human rights violations.”

Chile Protests

Human rights groups in Buenos Aires support Chilean protesters

23-10-2019 17:00 Eleven NGOs issue call of solidarity and demand President Sebastián Piñera bring end to fighting through peaceful means.

CHILE PROTESTS

Piñera apologies to Chile, unveils raft of social measures

23-10-2019 07:17 "I recognise this lack of vision and I apologise to my compatriots," Pinera said in an address from the presidential palace in Santiago as he tries to halt violent protests over economic inequality which have swept the country and claimed 15 lives.

DEMONSTRATIONS IN CHILE

Piñera seeks end to Chile's crisis after 15 die in violent clashes

22-10-2019 12:55 Chile president to meet with other political parties in bid to end street violence; Presidential hopeful Alberto Fernández and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich weight in on crisis.

Argentina

Violence erupts outside of Chilean consulate in Buenos Aires, journalists attacked

22-10-2019 12:50 At least six people detained for infiltrating peaceful march with molotov cocktails.

PROTESTS IN CHILE

Travelers worry and wait as unrest strands thousands at Chile airport

21-10-2019 19:23 Travelers, many from countries experiencing similar unrest, are forced to get comfortable in Santiago International Airport after extensive flight cancellations.

Bloomberg

Political risk alive in Latin America as protests spread

21-10-2019 12:25 Countries are largely rejecting the austerity sought by investors and international institutions, leaving leaders with the decision to cut back social spending and risk political unrest or maintain the status quo and jeopardise global investment.

PROTESTS IN CHILE

'We are at war,' declares Piñera, as violence in Chile continues

21-10-2019 00:54 "We are at war with a powerful, relentless enemy that respects nothing or anyone," declares president after he cancels subway fare hike that sparked violence.

Bloomberg

Lithium battery dreams get rude awakening in South America

11-10-2019 09:08 Lithium refining and battery-assembling facilities could help kickstart economies. But so far, public and private initiatives in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have failed to deliver even a single lithium cell factory. And none are set to be built through 2025.

BLOOMBERG

Delta expands in South America with US$2.25-billion Latam deal

27-09-2019 10:13 Deal, which will see firm take 20% stake in LatAm, will likely turn Delta into largest US airline in the region, says experts.

LAVA JATO

Bachelet denies claims her campaign took cash from disgraced Brazilian firm

18-09-2019 17:04 Bachelet told Chile's 24 Horas TV channel late Monday from Geneva that she "never had any link with OAS or any other company," in reference to allegations.

CAMPAIGN WATCH

Macri and Fernández have good reason to cooperate

13-09-2019 23:48 If he wants to have a future in politics, namely lead the opposition or even dream of a comeback à la Chile’s Sebastián Piñera, Macri needs to deliver an orderly end to his traumatic first administration.

by Marcelo J. Garcia

STATE DEPARTMENT SHAKE-UP

A new face at the reins of US diplomacy toward Latin America

13-09-2019 14:55 Acting Western Hemisphere official crucial figure in US foreign policy in Latin America for decades, from Venezuela to the invasion of Panama.

BIRD FLU

Importing of Chilean turkey meat restricted after discovery of bird flu

11-09-2019 16:13 Imports to Argentina, Peru and Hong Kong restricted. Outbreak of a low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) virus is under control, the Chilean State Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) reported Wednesday.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN human rights chief Bachelet says torture, extrajudicial killings continuing in Venezuela

09-09-2019 17:55 Presentation follows scathing written report issued in early July that drew backlash from Venezuela. It found a "pattern of torture" under the government of President Nicolás Maduro and citing violations like arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and enforced disappearances.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mass protest in Santiago against abuses of Pinochet era

09-09-2019 13:54 Thousands of demonstrators poured onto Santiago's streets Sunday to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. But the march, which started peacefully, ended in violence.

International football

Argentina, Chile play out stalemate in LA friendly

06-09-2019 08:44 Albiceleste play out niggly 0-0 draw with rivals at a sparsely populated Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

ENVIRONMENT

Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change

04-09-2019 12:50 In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.

BLOOMBERG – FEATURE

Chile's glaciers may have a bigger problem than climate change

15-08-2019 10:34 Chile has one of the world’s largest reserves of fresh water outside the north and south poles, but the abundant glaciers that are the source of that precious commodity are melting fast. That’s not just an ecological disaster in the making – it’s rapidly becoming an economic and political dilemma for the government of Latin America’s richest nation.

BLOOMBERG

Data-rigging scandal rocks salmon-farming industry in Patagonia

01-08-2019 09:28 Company Nova Austral pushes out its top executive as bonds sank amid misreporting claims. Scandal is latest to hit Chile’s farm-raised salmon industry.

ENVIRONMENT

Chile's Navy confirms diesel oil spill of 40,000 litres in Patagonia

29-07-2019 14:19 Navy says it has deployed ships to Guarello island to control damage from the spill, and that an investigation had been launched.

Mercosur summit

Piñera, Macri discuss dangers of populist 'snake charmers' in LatAm

18-07-2019 09:09 Mauricio Macri shares the stage with his Chilean par Sebastián Piñera at the Mercosur summit to discuss politics in Latin America.

Crisis in Venezuela

UN: 6,856 killings in Venezuela security operations since beginning of 2018

05-07-2019 15:40 Michelle Bachelet's report focusing on the last 18 months follows her trip to the troubled country last month and draws upon over 550 interviews conducted by her office.

Copa América

Peru upsets Chile and will face Brazil in Copa América final

04-07-2019 12:29 The Peruvian side, which was in danger of being eliminated in the group stage, beat Chile 3-0.

LITHIUM MARKET

Lithium miners Australia and Chile see riches as battery-makers

29-06-2019 08:04 Mining superpowers supply most of the world’s lithium. Now they want to make batteries too.

BLOOMBERG

Chile’s Central Bank on its surprise cut: 'You had been warned'

10-06-2019 14:20 Chile’s Central Bank cut rates last week, seeking to shore up their economies against a worsening US-China trade war.

BLOOMBERG

'Staggering' Venezuelan exodus jumps to four million citizens

07-06-2019 14:02 Exodus from crisis-stricken nation has reached a “staggering” pace, climbing from 695,000 people in all of 2015 to over one million people since last November, watchdogs groups reveal in new report.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Peru toughens entry rules as influx of Venezuelan migrants grows

07-06-2019 08:00 More than 700,000 Venezuelan migrants entered Peru since 2017, putting public services under pressure and increasing competition for jobs.

ENVIRONMENT

Chile to close eight coal-fired power stations amid renewables push

04-06-2019 22:54 Chile, a net importer of energy, has relied increasingly on coal-powered electricity generation over the last decade, driven largely by the end of imports of natural gas from Argentina.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Woman accused of Chile dictatorship kidnappings asks for bail in Sydney court

24-05-2019 09:07 Chile requested Adriana Rivas' extradition in 2014 on charges that she kidnapped seven people in 1976 and 1977. The alleged victims have never been found.

TRAVEL

Take the scenic route with Chile’s Ruta Interlagos

27-10-2018 07:33 In recent years, Argentina’s neighbour has linked and improved a series of parallel easterly roads, providing a fresh, alternative path along the lakes of the Andean front range, writes Wayne Bernhardson.

by Wayne Bernhardson

MINERAL BOOM

Argentina eyes off lithium growth despite concerns

18-08-2018 09:34 The country is seeking to become a leading exporter in a sector on the rise but environmental groups warn of dangers.

by BY FERMIN KOOP

DICTATORSHIP DISAPPEARANCES

Courts and DNA help Chile mothers search for their stolen babies

07-07-2018 10:45 Courts are starting to open one of the darkest pages of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, the irregular adoption of thousands of children who were sent abroad.

CATHOLIC CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL

Fourteen priests linked to Chile sex abuse stripped of duties

23-05-2018 19:17 A priest said in that report aired last week that the group formed a sex abuse ring a decade ago, and engaged in sex acts with no regard for whether were minors or of age.

AMBASSADORIAL POST FILLED

Chile's Piñera names envoy to Argentina after nepotism row

23-05-2018 15:51 The conservative billionaire originally announced in April that his brother Pablo Piñera would represent Chile in Argentina, before backtracking after opposition outrage.