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A tale of two Chiles; referendum on constitutional reform
While Chile’s rich and corporations enjoy low taxes, its poor and elderly struggle with nearly no social safety net. […]
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Chile celebrates breeding of endangered Loa water frogs
SANTIAGO — A clutch of critically-endangered water frogs rescued from a muddy puddle in Chile’s driest desert has birthed 200 offspring at the country’s national zoo, the Chilean government announced on Wednesday. The Loa water […]
Argentina
Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina
Bolivia’s president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing […]
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Chileans mark anniversary of mass protests with peaceful rallies in the morning and riots and looting at night
Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago, Plaza Italia, renamed Plaza Dignidad, to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that leftover 30 dead and thousands injured, with peaceful rallies […]
COVID-19
Chile records 1,752 fresh Covid-19 cases, death toll climbs to 11,289
SANTIAGO – The Chilean Ministry of Health on Monday reported 1,752 new coronavirus infections in the South American country. Of the 411,726 infections, a total of 16,558 patients “are in the active stage of the […]
Economy & Trade News
Chile and Ecuador sign new free trade agreement
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera and and his Ecuadorian counterpart Lenin Moreno have signed a new Free Trade Agreement, which provides significant benefits for exporters and small and medium-sized companies. Piñera, who was accompanied […]
Blogs
Spending the 10% and weaning off government hand-outs
Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff As most Chileans anxiously await being able to withdraw 10% of their pension funds in the coming weeks, the questions arise: How will they spend it, and what comes after […]
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AFPs – Chile’s lower house approves withdrawal from pensions
SANTIAGO – Lawmakers in Chile’s lower house have approved a bill to allow citizens to withdraw up to 10% from private pension funds, dealing a blow to President Sebastian Pinera’s government. Deputies gathered in the […]
COVID-19
Latin America death toll from coronavirus now exceeds North America
SAO PAULO – The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Latin America has exceeded the figure for North America for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Latin America had by Monday […]
Bolivia
Bolivia president tests positive for coronavirus
SUCRE – Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor announced on Friday. The 53-year-old, a candidate the September 6 presidential elections, is isolating […]