SANTIAGO – In a historic decision, Chile’s House of Representatives voted this Wednesday to ban the usage of plastic bags in all types of shops across the entire territory, making it the only country to […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s constitutional court has struck down a law that would have banned universities operating for profit, dealing a blow to free tuition reforms brought in by former leftwing president Michelle Bachelet. In a […]
VALPARAISO – Conservative billionaire Sebastián Piñera took oath as Chile’s president on Sunday, beginning his second term with promises to revive investments in the world’s top copper producer. Piñera, who governed Chile in 2010-2014, accepted […]
SANTIAGO – The billionaire conservative Sebastián Piñera will take office today, March 11, as president of Chile, replacing socialist Michelle Bachelet at the end of her second non-consecutive term. A ceremony is scheduled in Valparaíso […]
SANTIAGO – Outgoing President Michelle Bachelet, in her last activity before leaving La Moneda Palace, has signed a decree that promulgates the national oceanic policy of Chile. The new law protecs the waters along its […]
BEIJING – Ma Peihua, the special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping and also vice chairman of the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, will attend the presidential inauguration ceremony in Chile […]
SANTIAGO – The outgoing president, Michelle Bachelet is ending her second non-consecutive term with an ambitious proposal for a new constitution for Chile. On Tuesday, she sent the proposal to Congress to replace Gen. Pinochet-era […]
MEXICO CITY/SANTIAGO – Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto will travel to Chile on March 11 to attend the inauguration of Sebastián Piñera, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE). Peña Nieto will attend the ceremony […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Conservative President-elect Sebastian Pinera will present a proposal to reform the South American country’s pension system to Congress in the first half of 2018, one of his future ministers said in an […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s president-elect Sebastián Piñera on Wednesday announced the names of 35 undersecretaries ahead of its inauguration next month. “In 19 more days the government that you chose begins and I know that you […]
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