News of chile

Chile overwhelmingly scorns immigration, poll shows

31-10-2024 10:43 Chileans are demanding stricter immigration controls much more than neighbours in other Latin American nations, according to a new poll, as an influx of newcomers upends politics in one of the region’s richest economies.

Latin America

Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile

30-10-2024 13:45 Murders, violent crime and drug seizures have increased; Chile more than tripled spending since 2022 to meet threat.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Leftist leaders are failing their promises across Latin America

21-10-2024 14:20 The changing political landscape in Latin America, highlights the decline of leftist governments due to economic challenges, crime, and social reform failures, and the rise of more business-friendly, right-leaning administrations.

CHILEAN SOCIETY

Chile's birth rate plummets as more women say no to motherhood

18-09-2024 11:32 In the past decade, births have fallen by 29% in Chile, which now makes it the country with the lowest birth rate in the Americas.

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Argentina cruise past Chile in World Cup qualifiers after homage to Di María

06-09-2024 11:44 Alexis Mac Allister, Julián Álvarez and Paulo Dybala were on target as Argentina banked a 3-0 win over Chile on Thursday.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

23-08-2024 12:58 Argentina, along with the United States and nine Latin American countries, issues statement rejecting the Venezuela Supreme Court's certification of President Nicolás Maduro's July 28 re-election.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei praises Chile’s economic policy during ‘unofficial’ visit to Santiago

09-08-2024 16:10 President Javier Milei praises Chile’s longstanding economic policies and avoids criticising Gabriel Boric during brief visit to Argentina's neighbour.

GAS & ENERGY

Milei in Neuquén to tour Vaca Muerta, meet businessmen

08-08-2024 19:09 President Javier Milei visits Neuquén, heart of energy production, and crosses over to Chile for the first time as head of state – but without holding a bilateral meeting with Gabriel Boric.

POLITICS

President Milei faces new round of plagarism claims related to latest book

25-07-2024 16:26 Journalist Alejandro Alfie alleges President Javier Milei copied fragments from his latest book 'Capitalismo, socialismo y la trampa neoclásica (Capitalism, socialism and the neoclassic trap)' verbatim from two Chilean writers. He also resumed the investigation by NOTICIAS, denouncing plagiarism in “Pandenomics”.

PRESIDENT IN BRAZIL

Milei backs Bolsonaro without attacking Lula in Brazil visit

08-07-2024 11:17 Javier Milei headlines conservative rally in southern Brazil alongside right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro, the biggest gamble yet on his unorthodox foreign policy approach.

Copa América 2024

Argentina into Copa América quarters after 1-0 win over Chile

26-06-2024 00:04 Lautaro Martínez gets a late winner for Argentina as the Albiceleste avenge famous Copa América final defeat to Chile and qualify for the quarter-finals.

Copa América 2024

Birthday boy Messi returns to scene of Copa América torment

24-06-2024 20:28 Lionel Messi will return to the scene of one of the most disappointing moments in his stellar career when Argentina face Chile at MetLife Stadium on Tuesday.

Football: Copa América

Messi, Di María ready for Copa clashes with Canada, Chile, Peru

18-06-2024 13:06 Canada, Chile and Peru – the challengers facing Argentina in Group A of the first stage of the Copa América.

BORDER ROW

Argentina starts removing solar panels from Chilean border

18-06-2024 10:43 Chilean President Gabriel Boric pushes Argentina to act and remove solar panels at a southern military base that were erroneously installed on Chile’s side of border.

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Boric demands action from Argentina in row over military base border

17-06-2024 14:53 Chilean leader pushes Argentina to act and remove solar panels at a southern military base that were erroneously installed on Chile’s side of border.

WEATHER

State of 'catastrophe' as cold front and downpours hit Chile

13-06-2024 17:40 Thousands affected as Chile issues first top level weather warning in two decades. Cold front moves towards Argentina.

Lithium in Latin America

Giant lithium partnership created in Chile with Codelo-SQM deal

31-05-2024 18:37 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Copper frenzy draws mining giants to Argentina after Milei’s reforms

23-05-2024 00:01 Milei government tries to lure global mining heavyweights; President must convince companies that their projects are safe and lay down rules for doing business.

DIPLOMACY

Bullrich sparks row with Bolivia, Chile with Hezbollah claims

17-04-2024 16:36 Bullrich alleges the presence of Iranian-linked forces in Bolivia and Chile, along with Triple Frontier; Arce’s administration calls for “end of provocation,” while Boric demands respect.

ECONOMY & INDUSTRY

Cheap Chinese steel threatens jobs in Latin America

16-04-2024 09:45 Metal-workers in Latin America are clamouring for higher import tariffs as an avalanche of cheap Chinese steel floods the region.

Bloomberg

Inflation near 300% wipes out tourists’ deep discounts

13-04-2024 17:13 Surging inflation threatens to crimp a key source of tourism revenue as foreigners opt for other destinations.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

13-04-2024 16:59 Nutrien, the world’s largest maker of fertilisers, says it is looking to sell its retail operations in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Lithium in Latin America

Chile unveils lithium salt flats it plans to lease to private companies

27-03-2024 14:36 Chile unveiled salt flats that will be opened up to lithium mining as part of a plan to double production of the battery metal over the next decade under a new public-private model.

Bloomberg

US Treasury Secretary Yellen praises Chile’s policies in visit to lithium-rich ally

01-03-2024 16:42 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday lavished praise on Chile during a visit focused on critical minerals.

Death of Pablo Neruda

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

20-02-2024 15:32 An appeals court in Santiago ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Environment

Polluted paradise: Chile town waits for clean-up as coal shuts off

12-02-2024 13:28 Coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air in a small town, but Chile has embarked on a whirlwind energy transition

INFLATION WOES

Latin America’s inflation progress tempered by soaring food price pressures

08-02-2024 14:28 Consumer price readings underscore challenges facing Latin American policymakers as they calibrate future interest rate cuts. Most of the region’s major inflation-targeting central banks have already begun reducing borrowing costs

OBITUARY

Piñera: the ‘locomotora’ that return the right to power in Chile

08-02-2024 01:02 Former president and businessman, who led Chile for two terms (2010-2014, 2018-2022), was nation’s first right-wing leader of post-Pinochet democratic era.

CHILE

Details of Sebastián Piñera’s death emerge ahead of state funeral

08-02-2024 00:48 Three days of mourning and state funeral for conservative billionaire, who died Tuesday in a tragic helicopter crash; Funeral set for Friday.

DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT

Chile mourns Sebastián Piñera as remains flown to lie in state

07-02-2024 13:24 Three days of mourning and ceremonies got underway Wednesday for Chile's ex-president Sebastián Piñera, who died a day earlier in a helicopter crash; Funeral set for Friday.

HELICOPTER TRAGEDY

Shock in Chile as ex-president Pinera dies in helicopter crash

06-02-2024 20:27 The crash took place in Lago Ranco, a lake district some 920 kilometres south of Santiago, where Piñera often spent vacations with his children and grandchildren.

ENVIRONMENT

Chile wildfire death toll rises to 131

06-02-2024 16:46 Death toll from weekend inferno that razed hilltop neighbourhoods in coastal region of Chile rises to 131.

Breaking News

Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter accident

06-02-2024 16:22 Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash in south of country.

ENVIRONMENT

Death toll reaches 110 as wildfires scorch central Chile

05-02-2024 11:50 Forest fires in Chile continue to rage, destroying neighborhoods and inciting a death toll that reached at least 112 as of Sunday.

FILM & CINEMA

Oscar-tipped 'Society of the Snow' gives voice to Andes plane crash dead

07-01-2024 16:21 Roberto Canessa has spent most of his life recounting the astonishing tale of how he survived a plane crash, two avalanches and a diet of human flesh before trekking across freezing mountains to save himself and his friends. Now the infamous tragedy in the Andes is the subject of a major new Netflix movie: 'La sociedad de la nieve.'

ANTI-MILEI DEMONSTRATIONS

Argentina's Embassy in Chile vandalised by anti-Milei protesters

20-12-2023 12:02 Argentina's Embassy in Santiago attacked by anti-Milei vandals hours before planned demonstration in Buenos Aires against the new government.

CHILEAN POLITICS

Chile to vote on new, more conservative constitution

16-12-2023 16:51 Chileans to vote in a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution, with analysts saying the new proposal is even more conservative than the existing charter.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, Colombia and Chile recall envoys

01-11-2023 16:01 Bolivia said on Tuesday it was severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its "disproportionate" attacks in Gaza, as Chile and Colombia recall ambassadors over mounting humanitarian crisis.

LATIN AMERICA

Chile President Boric plans 3.5% spending hike, vows economic revival

29-09-2023 09:22 Chile's left-wing President Gabriel Boric says he plans to raise public spending by just 3.5Y next year, less than in 2023, as the government struggles to deliver on its key policy proposals.

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023

Argentina coach Cheika backs veterans for Chile 'derby'

28-09-2023 15:15 Argentina head coach Michael Cheika says his much-changed team to face Chile in the Rugby World Cup this weekend can prove him a point.

Society

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

24-09-2023 16:25 According to various surveys carried out to date, the vast majority of Argentines have at least one pet in their homes.

by Dante Gabriel Bogani Sandez

Lithium in Latin America

Start-up summit Nanotech eyes US$150 million funding for a new way to mine lithium

07-09-2023 12:46 Summit Nanotech Corp, a Canadian start-up working on a way to hasten extraction of lithium from South American salt flats, plans to raise US$150 million to take the technology to commercial scale.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Dictator Pinochet looms large over Chile 50 years after coup

07-09-2023 12:04 Augusto Pinochet suspended democracy using military force to overthrow a popularly-elected president and rule Chile with an iron grip that saw thousands of his subjects tortured and killed. Yet, 50 years after his power grab, and despite a brutal legacy, the general continues to inspire admiration rather than condemnation among many.

HUMAN RIGHTS

50 years later, Chilean mothers pine for 'disappeared' sons

01-09-2023 17:53 A National Plan for the Search for the Disappeared was recently launched by the government of President Gabriel Boric, in the first coordinated attempt by the Chilean state to establish the conditions and circumstances in which each disappeared.

Lithium demand

Lithium players race for breakthrough to meet electric car demand

30-08-2023 11:50 Dozens of firms aim to prove sceptics wrong as they push ahead with new lithium extraction methods.

BORDER DISPUTE

Tension between Argentina, Chile over territorial waters claim

29-08-2023 16:21 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires files complaint with Santiago after Chilean Navy issues map claiming jurisdiction over Argentine waters.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Eduardo Porter: Latin America is waxing nostalgic for dictators

29-08-2023 10:09 Fifty years after Augusto Pinochet infamously squashed democracy in Chile, the false promise of authoritarian rule once again tempts the region’s citizens.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Huge blue whale washes ashore in southern Chile

07-08-2023 11:21 Enormous blue whale washes up onto a beach in the city of Ancud, on Chiloe island, southern Chile, probably after dying at sea.

Editorial

Hostages of fear

28-07-2023 21:41 Both a consensus approach and firm action are potentially valid avenues to a solution but both are also means towards ends and will depend entirely on their results – by themselves they are merely vapid campaign rhetoric.

Exchange rate woes

Argentina’s neighbours flood borders for cheap skiing, shops, steaks

21-07-2023 16:55 Argentina sees a surge in travelers from Chile and Uruguay who seek cheaper prices on goods and experiences, benefiting from the currency crisis and multiple exchange rates in the country.

News of chile

Chile overwhelmingly scorns immigration, poll shows

Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile

Leftist leaders are failing their promises across Latin America

Chile's birth rate plummets as more women say no to motherhood

Argentina cruise past Chile in World Cup qualifiers after homage to Di María

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

Milei praises Chile’s economic policy during ‘unofficial’ visit to Santiago

Milei in Neuquén to tour Vaca Muerta, meet businessmen

President Milei faces new round of plagarism claims related to latest book

Milei backs Bolsonaro without attacking Lula in Brazil visit

Argentina into Copa América quarters after 1-0 win over Chile

Birthday boy Messi returns to scene of Copa América torment

Messi, Di María ready for Copa clashes with Canada, Chile, Peru

Argentina starts removing solar panels from Chilean border

Boric demands action from Argentina in row over military base border

State of 'catastrophe' as cold front and downpours hit Chile

Giant lithium partnership created in Chile with Codelo-SQM deal

Copper frenzy draws mining giants to Argentina after Milei’s reforms

Bullrich sparks row with Bolivia, Chile with Hezbollah claims

Cheap Chinese steel threatens jobs in Latin America

Inflation near 300% wipes out tourists’ deep discounts

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

Chile unveils lithium salt flats it plans to lease to private companies

US Treasury Secretary Yellen praises Chile’s policies in visit to lithium-rich ally

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

Polluted paradise: Chile town waits for clean-up as coal shuts off

Latin America’s inflation progress tempered by soaring food price pressures

Piñera: the ‘locomotora’ that return the right to power in Chile

Details of Sebastián Piñera’s death emerge ahead of state funeral

Chile mourns Sebastián Piñera as remains flown to lie in state

Shock in Chile as ex-president Pinera dies in helicopter crash

Chile wildfire death toll rises to 131

Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter accident

Death toll reaches 110 as wildfires scorch central Chile

Oscar-tipped 'Society of the Snow' gives voice to Andes plane crash dead

Argentina's Embassy in Chile vandalised by anti-Milei protesters

Chile to vote on new, more conservative constitution

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, Colombia and Chile recall envoys

Chile President Boric plans 3.5% spending hike, vows economic revival

Argentina coach Cheika backs veterans for Chile 'derby'

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

Start-up summit Nanotech eyes US$150 million funding for a new way to mine lithium

Dictator Pinochet looms large over Chile 50 years after coup

50 years later, Chilean mothers pine for 'disappeared' sons

Lithium players race for breakthrough to meet electric car demand

Tension between Argentina, Chile over territorial waters claim

Eduardo Porter: Latin America is waxing nostalgic for dictators

Huge blue whale washes ashore in southern Chile

Hostages of fear

Argentina’s neighbours flood borders for cheap skiing, shops, steaks

Trump rides global wave of anti-incumbency

Trump and Argentina – Business leaders hope political affinity will prompt commercial resurgence

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

Cattle rancher accused of mass penguin slaughter found guilty

Wanted: Republican-friendly name for Argentina's vacant post in Washington

Fin de semana largo de noviembre: cuándo es, qué se conmemora y cuántos feriados quedan hasta fin de año

Se pinchó Mercado Libre en Wall Street: por qué sus acciones cayeron más de 15% en Nueva York

Alitalia: el plan espejo que tiene Milei para Aerolíneas

Una médica denunció a un conocido polista por el hurto de su mochila en el aeropuerto de Ezeiza

Paro de Intercargo: el Gobierno oficializó la desregulación del servicio de rampas en los aeropuertos