SANTIAGO – LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline conglomerate in Latin America, has announced it is laying off as many as 1,400 employees from offices in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as a result of […]
NEW YORK – Remittances—the money that immigrants working abroad send home to families on a regular basis—have become a major source of funding for developing countries. In 2019, total global remittances exceeded US$550 billion, putting […]
SANTIAGO – The unemployment rate in Chile stood at 6.9% during the January-March mobile quarter of 2019, according to figures provided by the National Statistics Institute. Thus, according to the information collected by the National […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on Tuesday presented the 2019 national budget, which focuses on the priorities of Chileans, such as citizen security, more jobs, better salaries, improved healthcare, and quality education. The president […]
SANTIAGO – InvestChile, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, reports the South American country registered direct foreign investment flows of US$ 6,875 million in the first quarter of this year, according to figures published by the […]
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 […]
SANTIAGO – On Sunday, Sebastián Piñera began his first public speech as Chile’s president, displayed on one of the balconies of the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago with a Plaza de la Constitución full […]
BEIJING – China has revised its visa regulations, making it easier for foreign professionals and highly-skilled workers to obtain visa permits as it looks to bridge a talent gap, Xinhua reported on Thursday. According to […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Codelco is to accept applications from people interested to work in one of the company’s flagship projects – the much-needed underground expansion of its century-old Chuquicamata mine. About 150 workers will be […]
SANTIAGO – The European Union and Chile will launch talks this week to update their existing free trade agreement after EU foreign ministers gave their backing on Monday to the start of negotiations. Besides strengthening […]
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