Chile increases basic interest rate to 0,75%, working on a two year horizon
Chilean Central Bank board members decided unanimously to increase the reference inter-bank interest rate some 25 base points to 0.75%, which represents the first rise…
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Underdogs emerge triumphant from Chile’s primary elections
Independent candidate Sebastián Sichel took most of the votes within the right-wing bloc, Chile Vamos, while Frente Amplio Deputy Gabriel Boric was chosen in the…
A remote surveillance project to be implemented by 66 communities
Ben Anson/ The Santiago Times Staff Sixty-six communities will install a remote surveillance project. The system will have 1,000 cameras throughout the country, which will…
Daza ensures that 70% of those over 80 have been vaccinated
Ben Anson / The Santiago Times Staff Undersecretary of Public Health Paula Daza called on all regions to prioritize the COVID-19 vaccinations of people over…
No (Facebook) news to read in Australia
As of midnight (Australia), Facebook has blocked many sources of news for their users. Several sites report “no posts” and thus no news feed. Although…
Teachers in Chile get vaccine
Ben Anson/ The Santiago Times Staff Vaccinations have started in Chile’s educational community. The first teacher to receive the vaccine was Gloria Alfaro Segovia, a…
Puente Alto woman found dead in her home
By Ben Anson / The Santiago Times The Investigative Police (PDI) report that a 52-year-old woman residing in the Puente Alto community was attacked by…
Women call strike in Chile on March 8
Chilean women, union and social leaders called a Feminist Strike on March 8 to denounce the inequalities and patriarchal violence that prevail in the country….
Chile calls on citizens to take care of health despite vaccination campaign
Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Sunday that despite the success of the vaccination program, through which 1.8 million people have received the first…
Chile has ordered enough doses to fully vaccinate its population against Covid twice
By Veronica Diaz-Cerda At first glance, it may seem that the race to acquire COVID-19 vaccines has been won by western nations. But alongside the…