Chile suffers fifth worst deterioration in Global Peace Index
SANTIAGO – A new report prepared by the Institute of Economy and Peace reveals that the level of peace worldwide fell during the last decade,…
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Chilean feminists reject new Women and Gender minister
Charis McGowan SANTIAGO – Chile’s women and gender minister, a great-niece of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet, has resigned after just a month following a…
Chile reports 5,596 new cases, 173 new deaths from COVID-19
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Ministry of Health on Thursday stated that in the last 24 hours 173 people died, reaching a…
Chile extends total quarantine to 50 communes after 192 new deaths
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chilean Health Minister Jaime Mañalich has announced the government’s decision to add new communes to the total quarantine…
COVID-19 arrests for religious gatherings in Chile
SANTIAGO – The ADF International has filed a request for emergency cautionary measures with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights regarding the arrest and…
Mónica Zalaquett takes oath as Chile’s new Women & Gender Equality minister
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera on Tuesday administered oath to the country’s new Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Mónica Zalaquett. The 58-year-old former…
Chile’s Women minister resigns after 34 days in office
SANTIAGO – Macarena Santelices has stepped down as Chile’s Minister of Women and Gender Equality, after just over a month in office. “The day it…
Chile surpasses 142,000 cases of coronavirus, records 2,283 deaths
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that 3,913 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last…
West Bank – Chile slams Israeli plan as ‘dangerous step with unpredictable consequences’
SANTIAGO – Chilean Foreign Minister Teodoro Ribera has opposed the Israeli plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank, calling it a “dangerous…
Filipinos Keeping the ‘Bayanihan’ Spirit Alive in Chile amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Mildred Caranto/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The coronavirus outbreak was initially concentrated in the wealthiest parts of the Chilean capital but has since pushed…