Chile

Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:29 UTC
US Ambassador in Santiago to remain mum following leaks to the press regarding confidential talks with Congress

US Ambassador to Santiago Bernadette Meehan told Chilean lawmakers Wednesday that she would no longer be briefing them on the possible exclusion of the South American country from Washington's Visa-Waver program after details of her confidential meeting with parliamentarians were published by the website El Mostrador.
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Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 20:28 UTC
Rebel Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul found guilty, faces up to 25 years in jail

Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul has been found guilty of attacking authorities and other violent crimes. The prosecution has requested Llaitul be jailed for 25 years but the sentence will only be announced next month. The defendant claimed the trial was fueled by a “political persecution” stemming from the clash between two cultures. The indigenous leader was arrested in August 2022 and has since been remanded in custody at the Biobío Penitentiary Complex, some 500 kilometers from Santiago.
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Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 09:35 UTC
Chile's Council of Former Foreign Ministers discusses Venezuela and Hezbollah

Chile's Council of Former Foreign Ministers convened Monday to discuss the current state of affairs with Venezuela and Hezbollah's threat to the region, among other topics, it was reported in Santiago.
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Saturday, April 20th 2024 - 10:39 UTC
Chile's new icebreaker completes first week at sea

The new Chilean-built “Almirante Viel” icebreaker completed her first week of sea testing on Friday, it was reported in Santiago.
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Monday, April 15th 2024 - 23:59 UTC
Chilean FM says conditions not met for free elections in Venezuela

The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font is adopting a neutral stance regarding Venezuela's political crisis by keeping active ties with the administration of President Nicolás Maduro as well as with disenfranchised opposition leader María Corina Machado. However, “there are no conditions for free elections in Venezuela,” Santiago's Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren told reporters during the weekend.
Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:12 UTC
Milei's recent presence in Ushuaia triggers sovereignty concerns in Chile

Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning Antarctica given Argentine President Javier Milei's recent actions regarding the area when a United States base in Ushuaia was announced during US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson's visit.
Monday, April 1st 2024 - 18:44 UTC
Google to lay submarine cable between Chile and Australia

Tech giants Google plan to link Chile with Australia and French Polynesia through the Humboldt cable, which would become first direct submarine link between South America and Oceania, thus expanding the digital infrastructure of the South Pacific.
Thursday, March 28th 2024 - 18:57 UTC
Chile: Slight increase in unemployment reported

Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) released a report Thursday showing that unemployment in the mobile quarter from December 2023 to February 2024 reached 8.5%, an annual increase of 0.1%. In the Santiago Metropolitan Region (RM), it reached 9.3%, which represented a decrease of 0.4% in twelve months.
Saturday, March 23rd 2024 - 10:21 UTC
Argentina's Ambassador to Chile a nuisance to local authorities

Argentina's Ambassador and former Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie was reported Friday to have been disrespectful to members of Chile's diplomatic corps and other authorities of the hosting country. Four letters were sent to Chile's Presidency explaining the situation during a recent joint visit to the Libertadores border crossing.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 18:55 UTC
French company to open world's first solar-powered air traffic control station in Chile

The French company Thales will be opening a 100% solar energy-powered air traffic control (ATC) station in Chile, it was announced in Santiago. The facility will be in the city of Calama in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of the country, it was also explained. The radars consume about one megawatt per hour.