News of chile

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.

Lithium in Latin America

South America steps up efforts to turn lithium into batteries

06-03-2023 14:22 Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil plan to coordinate action on turning more of the region’s mined lithium into battery chemicals, as well as moving into manufacturing of batteries and EVs.

INTERVIEW

'Fear the biggest rival,' says record-breaking Antarctic swimmer

21-02-2023 09:08 Chilean swimmer Bárbara Hernández, who became the first person recorded to have swum 2.5 kilometresin the near-freezing Antarctic Ocean, says fear was her main rival. The 37-year-old completed the feat in 45 minutes and 30 seconds on February 5, wearing an ordinary swimsuit without additional padding, some goggles, a swimming cap and ear plugs.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Protecting high seas off Chile's coast depends on UN vote in New York

20-02-2023 13:07 Urgently seeking to prevent biodiversity loss in the international waters off the coasts of Chile and Peru, Chile is pushing for a new marine protected area (MPA) to be created, and hoping to seal the deal during an upcoming summit at UN headquarters in New York.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico 'deeply concerned' by new Israeli West Bank plan

17-02-2023 16:58 Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico express "deep concern" over Israeli government's decision to legalise new settlements in the West Bank.

NERUDA INVESTIGATION

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

17-02-2023 11:04 Two members of a scientific panel that investigated the mysterious death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda unable to determine whether or not Chilean poet was poisoned, though examination of his molars confirmed presence of toxic bacteria.

INVESTIGATION

Experts deliver report on Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge

16-02-2023 14:37 Report delivered to Chilean Judge on Wednesday may suggest poison as the cause of death for Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda.

BLAZES CONTINUE

Chile declares curfew in fire-ravaged regions

09-02-2023 17:13 Chile's fires remain uncontrolled one week in, despite relentless efforts. Flames have claimed lives of 24, injured 2,180, and completely destroyed 1,180 homes and left 5,560 people homeless.

CHILE WILDFIRES

New areas under threat as Chile fires rage and mercury rises

08-02-2023 12:29 Forest fires that have killed 26 people and left thousands homeless in south-central Chile in the past week threatened new regions Tuesday as temperatures soared. Some 5,600 firefighters, the majority of them volunteers, are battling 81 blazes out of 301 still burning, according to authorities.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

South American nations pitch joint hosting of 2030 World Cup

08-02-2023 08:54 Officials from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile formally announce candidacy to jointly host the 2030 World Cup.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay launch World Cup 2030 bid

07-02-2023 15:25 Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay officially launch joint to host the World Cup in 2030, exactly 100 years after the event was first held in Montevideo. President Alberto Fernández calls for Bolivia to added to the line-up, declaring: "This candidacy is for the whole continent."

WILDFIRES

Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 24

06-02-2023 09:54 At least 24 people have died and 979 injured in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official said Saturday night.

German chancellor in Buenos Aires

Fernández, Scholz meet with trade, investment, lithium on agenda

29-01-2023 10:56 Alberto Fernández and Olaf Scholz call for swift approval of stalled free-trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc; Two leaders ink agreements on lithium, investment and renewable energy.

Lithium in Latin America

Scholz visits South America in a race with China to get lithium

29-01-2023 10:37 Chancellor hoping his trip to Latin America this weekend will help Germany secure additional supplies of the lithium that German car giants need for their electric-vehicle batteries.

CHANCELLOR IN LATAM

Germany's Scholz eyes opportunities on Latin American tour

28-01-2023 14:31 Accompanied by a delegation of business leaders, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Argentina, then Chile, before heading to Brazil.

FOREIGN RELATIONS & DIPLOMACY

Leaked recording reveals Chilean minister's anger at Argentina's ambassador

26-01-2023 16:14 Leaked audio clip in which Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola calls Argentine Ambassador to Santiago Rafael Bielsa "mad" triggers controversy and political crisis across the Andes.

BLOOMBERG

Rich investors pull out of Chile, leaving behind a US$50-billion hole

19-01-2023 14:45 Chile, Latin America’s stand-out economy for the better part of 50 years and a darling of Wall Street, is in many ways facing an existential moment.

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.

FOREIGN POLICY

Chile president says planning to open embassy in Palestinian territories

22-12-2022 09:26 Chilean President Gabriel Boric says that he plans to "raise the level of our official representation in Palestine" and open an embassy in the Middle East.

FOREIGN POLICY

Peru political crisis threatens to widen Latin America rifts

15-12-2022 16:40 President Dina Boluarte's administration says it has received the backing of governments in Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay and Costa Rica, underlining split over Peru's political crisis in the region.

LATIN AMERICA

Chilean Congress agrees to restart Constitution rewrite process

13-12-2022 09:08 Council's members to draft new constitution will be elected in a mandatory vote in April 2023, and must be equal numbers of men and women.

FOOTBALL

South America football chief steps up claim to 2030 World Cup

12-12-2022 16:13 Uruguay, which held the original 13-team World Cup in 1930, has linked up with Argentina, Chile and Paraguay to bid for the 2030 event.

CHILE

Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junk

30-11-2022 13:59 Mountains of discarded clothing, a graveyard of shoes, and rows upon rows of scrapped tires and cars blight at least three regions of the arid desert.

LATIN AMERICA

Chile president blasts 'terrorist' Mapuche attacks in flashpoint region

11-11-2022 13:41 Gabriel Boric slams "terrorist" arson attacks as he visited the southern Araucanía region that has been wracked by violence.

Lithium in Latin America

'We don't eat lithium': Latin America longs for benefits of metal boon

27-10-2022 18:08 Global demand has exploded for lithium – the "white gold" found in huge quantities in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. But in Latin America's "lithium triangle," there are growing concerns about the impact on regional groundwater sources and doubts about whether the benefits of a metal bonanza will truly local communities near plants, many of whom live in poverty.

LGBTQ rights

Gender: X – Proud owner of Chile's first non-binary ID card

26-10-2022 12:20 Shane Cienfuegos fought a nine-year legal battle to finally receive an identity document that reflects how they see themselves. This is their story.

'El Milagro de los Andes' – 50 years on

'Alive': Uruguay plane crash survivors savour life 50 years on

12-10-2022 23:03 On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying an amateur Uruguayan rugby team, along with relatives and supporters, to an away match in Chile crashed in the Andes with 45 people on board. Sixteen young men managed to survive for 72 days, in sub-zero temperatures and with very little food, before two found help after a 10-day trek across the mountains in waist-deep snow.

Qatar 2022 World Cup

In Latin America, World Cup stickers are a quadrennial craze

02-10-2022 08:10 Like every four years, the Panini sticker album of the World Cup, which this time will be held in Qatar from November 20 to December 18, measures the temperature of a region that goes out of its way for football.

CONSTITUTIONAL VOTE

Chile President Boric reshuffles Cabinet after referendum rout

08-09-2022 01:50 Chile President Gabriel Boric fires interior minister and removes one of his chief advisers in a sweeping cabinet shake-up, tacking to the political centre after voters overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution that his government had backed in a referendum.

Chile Constitution Vote

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

04-09-2022 22:46 The new ultra-progressive constitution proposed by Gabriel Boric’s government has been decisively rejected by the Chilean public this Sunday, in a compulsory vote to choose whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.

Chile New Constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Andean leaders want Argentina, Chile, Venezuela to join regional bloc

30-08-2022 17:04 Colombian President Gustavo Petro makes his international debut at Andean Community of Nations (CAN) summit in Lima; Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru call for Argentina, Chile and Venezuela to join the bloc.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

World’s hottest economy goes cold as Chileans run out of money

30-08-2022 10:55 Chile, a country that’s long prided itself on having the most stable economy in all of Latin America, is facing a sudden turn toward stagflation.

ISLA DE PASCUA / RAPA NUI

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

11-08-2022 12:20 A first flight with tourists, mostly with reservations made before the pandemic was declared at the beginning of 2020, arrives on Thursday at Mataveri international airport, in Hanga Roa.

Bloomberg

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

22-07-2022 16:23 Latin American food production in 2021 was impacted by climate change, and this trend will continue, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Droughts and floods have led to thousands suffering from food insecurity and have had global impact.

WEATHER PROBLEMS

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

10-07-2022 17:43 Some 200 people, mostly tourists and truckers, were stranded Sunday by a fierce snowstorm in the Andes mountains near the Argentina-Chile border, with temperatures plunging well below freezing, local officials said.

Chile's New Constitution

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.

ABORTION RIGHTS

As United States undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them

27-06-2022 13:22 As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution.

NEW ERA IN COLOMBIA

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer

22-06-2022 14:26 Workers at Chile's state mining company Codelco launched "indefinite" strike on Wednesday, protesting the closure of a foundry.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

20-06-2022 14:58 Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.

Summit of the Americas 2022

President to attend Summit of the Americas, secures bilateral with Biden

02-06-2022 12:06 President Alberto Fernández confirms to US government that he will travel to Los Angeles for key regional summit next week, despite reservations over exclusions.

Bloomberg

The trouble with lithium

01-06-2022 13:43 Lithium, the wonder metal at the heart of the global shift to electric cars, is in a full-blown crisis. Demand has outstripped supply, pushing prices up almost 500% in a year and hindering the world’s most successful effort yet to halt global warming.

Indigenous Rights

Military redeployment turns Chile's Mapuche areas into powder keg

27-05-2022 14:51 With military troops once again patrolling their ancestral lands, members of the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile's south are angry.

BLOOMBERG

Hunt for lithium sparks frantic rush into Argentina's mountains

24-05-2022 13:20 Looming shortage of lithium, key for electric vehicles, gives Argentina a chance to become a mining mecca.

Bloomberg

Argentina must move faster to realise potential, top miner says

19-05-2022 14:20 Canadian mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen urges Argentina to move forward with legislative changes that would increase the nation's attractiveness to investors.

Indigenous Rights

Chile military resumes patrols of restive Araucanía region

18-05-2022 17:06 Military patrols resume in Chile's southern Araucanía region as a response to mounting violence linked to territorial claims by the Mapuche Indigenous group.

Indigenous rights

Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions

17-05-2022 14:13 Chilean President Gabriel Boric's government decrees re-militarisation of troubled southern region of La Araucanía, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by Mapuche indigenous groups.

News of chile

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

South America steps up efforts to turn lithium into batteries

'Fear the biggest rival,' says record-breaking Antarctic swimmer

Protecting high seas off Chile's coast depends on UN vote in New York

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico 'deeply concerned' by new Israeli West Bank plan

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

Experts deliver report on Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge

Chile declares curfew in fire-ravaged regions

New areas under threat as Chile fires rage and mercury rises

South American nations pitch joint hosting of 2030 World Cup

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay launch World Cup 2030 bid

Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 24

Fernández, Scholz meet with trade, investment, lithium on agenda

Scholz visits South America in a race with China to get lithium

Germany's Scholz eyes opportunities on Latin American tour

Leaked recording reveals Chilean minister's anger at Argentina's ambassador

Rich investors pull out of Chile, leaving behind a US$50-billion hole

Chile sinks controversial mining project over environmental concerns

Chile president says planning to open embassy in Palestinian territories

Peru political crisis threatens to widen Latin America rifts

Chilean Congress agrees to restart Constitution rewrite process

South America football chief steps up claim to 2030 World Cup

Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junk

Chile president blasts 'terrorist' Mapuche attacks in flashpoint region

'We don't eat lithium': Latin America longs for benefits of metal boon

Gender: X – Proud owner of Chile's first non-binary ID card

'Alive': Uruguay plane crash survivors savour life 50 years on

In Latin America, World Cup stickers are a quadrennial craze

Chile President Boric reshuffles Cabinet after referendum rout

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

Andean leaders want Argentina, Chile, Venezuela to join regional bloc

World’s hottest economy goes cold as Chileans run out of money

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

As United States undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

President to attend Summit of the Americas, secures bilateral with Biden

The trouble with lithium

Military redeployment turns Chile's Mapuche areas into powder keg

Hunt for lithium sparks frantic rush into Argentina's mountains

Argentina must move faster to realise potential, top miner says

Chile military resumes patrols of restive Araucanía region

Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions

Argentina and 'La Scaloneta' prepare for Monumental World Cup party

'The madness is total' – Argentina prepares for first match as world champions

Race against time to rescue Argentina’s wine grapes

Argentina sells US$2 billion in peso debt after ordering bond swap

Government obliges state bodies to convert dollar bonds into pesos

Cruces entre el Gobierno y la oposición por las 30 horas que tarda el tren a Mendoza

Argentino ganó el “Nobel” de matemática por lo que ocurre en un vaso con hielo

CFK lidera el Frente de Todos y Bullrich supera a Larreta en provincia de Buenos Aires

Ciudadanía italiana: los 3 documentos obligatorios a tramitar desde 2023

Larreta dijo que D'Alessandro será parte de su equipo si llega a presidente