Chile News
AES Gener sells 750MW Chilean power plants to EDF, AME
SANTIAGO – AES Gener has announced the sale of four of its operating power plants, with a total capacity of 750MW, in Chile to Generadora Metropolitana, a joint venture between French energy group EDF and […]
‘He was a rare combination of dreamer and doer,’ a touching tribute to late Steve Anderson
JOE HINCHLIFFE Today I learned The Santiago Times founder Steve Anderson died. I could have softened that lede with past participle, passive voice or punctuation, but Steve would have hated that – he was passionate […]
The Santiago Times’ founding publisher Steve Anderson dies in Chile accident
SANTIAGO – Steve Anderson, the founding publisher of The Santiago Times, lost his life in a car accident in southern Chile. The 69-year-old was married and the father of a son, a university student. He […]
Chile purchases 140,000 tons of Iranian crude oil
SANTIAGO – Chilean state-owned refiner ENAP has purchased 140,000 tons of Iranian crude for May loading in a rare move, according to Platts. This is the first time Chile has imported Iranian crude in almost […]
Chile supports Palestine’s right to independence, Piñera tells Abbas
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has expressed his support for efforts to establish a “free, independent, sovereign state” during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who reiterated his commitment to the two state […]
Boosted by mining and consumption, Chilean economy activity soars 4.6% in March
SANTIAGO – Chile’s economic activity rose 4.6% in March from the same month a year ago, its sharpest rise in five years, with a boost from rising consumption and a strengthening mining sector, the central […]
Labor Day: Piñera pledges universal nursery, work-at-home jobs
SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera celebrated May Day in an event held at a worker’s hospital in Santiago, where he announced four measures that he hopes to apply in his government in labor matters: universal […]
Chile: Santiago’s Labor Day rally marred by clashes and arrests
SANTIAGO – Thousands of Chileans went out to the streets of the capital Tuesday to commemorate Labor Day, demanding that the government, among other things, dignify the social role of the working class and stop […]