Evacuations ordered in Chile as wildfires run amok
Chile’s National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) Wednesday ordered the evacuation of 14 communes in the regions of Ñuble, Biobío, and La Araucanía,…
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Chile’s wildfires death toll reaches 24
Chilean authorities spoke Sunday of 24 fatalities, nearly 1,000 people injured, and some 800 houses destroyed in the past five days by wildfires spreading fast…
Parts of Chile under red alert for major forest fires in central region
The Government of Chile has declared a “red alert” in the central part of the country due to the heat wave stemming from 39 major…
Chilean airlines will reimburse cost of boarding taxes under certain conditions
Chile’s national Consumer Service, Sernac is calling all consumers who purchased tickets directly from airlines between 2015 and 201l and did not make use of…
Remembering Steve Anderson
BENJAMIN WITTE I was neither the first nor the last of the many interns and editors who peopled the office of the Santiago Times during…
Anti-vaccine mandate protests spread across the country, crippling Canada-U.S. trade
Federal ministers warned Wednesday that anti-vaccine mandate protests at two key Canada-U.S. border crossings have the potential to seriously disrupt the flow of goods in…
Excellent prospects for Mercosur beef exports, except Argentina
The Argentine beef industry is optimistic about world meat production and global demand this year, with China again playing a leading market role. A report…
Unemployment in Chile almost back at 2019 levels
Chilean authorities have reported Monday that unemployment nationwide had fallen in 2021 to 7.2% while in the same period of 2020 it had hit 10.3%….
Puerto Montt lender priest defrocked for canonical offenses
The Catholic Church has stripped Tulio Soto Manquemilla off his priesthood after an inquiry showed he had committed a number of actions held as offenses…
2021 was a good year for foreign direct investment in Chile, the highest since 2015
Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Chile during the twelve months of 2021 reached US$ 16,782 billion, the best amount since 2015, according to the Central…