SANTIAGO – The Peso currency and benchmark IPSA stock index sank more than 3.5 percent in morning trading on Monday, its biggest drop in 6 years, after market-friendly presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera garnered less support […]
SANTIAGO – Chile now has a public education law that will transfer the administration of 6,500 schools and kindergartens to the government, based on the #NuevaEducaciónPública initiative of President Michelle Bachelet. In a ceremony held […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet on Monday opened a new $127 billion hospital in Chimbarongo, in central O’Higgins region (VI). “With its more than 5,800 meters of surface and an investment that has exceeded […]
SANTIAGO – Responding to criticism sparked by one of his electoral promises to layoff of tens of thousands public servants, Chile’s conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera insists dismissals will not be grounded on political preferences. […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has joined the efforts to stop the plastic pollution crisis by banning single-use plastic bags. On Thursday, President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill introducing a ban on plastic bags in more than […]
LA SERENA – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet cut the ribbon on a new hospital in the Salamanca municipality, in Coquimbo region (IV), and the new dependencies of an educational establishment in the commune of Canela […]
PUERTO AYSÉN – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has inaugurated a new hospital in the city of Puerto Aysén in the southern Aysén region (XI). The initiative is part of the government’s hospital investment plan and […]
NEW YORK – President Michele Bachelet has announced the country will prohibit the use of plastic bags in all its coastal cities within the next 12 months. Speaking during the 72nd Session of the United […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has highlighted the importance of protecting the environment at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly session, stating that it is impossible to close one’s eyes to the devastation of […]
SANTIAGO – Today, the Republic of Chile celebrates its Fiestas Patrias. The two-day festivity begins annually on September 18 to commemorate the proclamation of the First Governing Body of 1810, and the beginning of the […]
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