Chile

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

  Chile: One of Víctor Jara's murderers kills himself

  

  Eighty-six-year-old Retired Chilean Army General Hernán Carlos Chacón Soto committed suicide Tuesday moments before he was to be transferred to the Puntateuco jailhouse to begin serving his 25-year sentence for the 1973 abduction and murder of singer-songwriter Victor Jara and Prisons Bureau Director Littré Quiroga, it was reported in Santiago.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  Chile: Sentences against Víctor Jara's murderers upheld

  

  Chile's Supreme Court Monday sentenced seven retired military officers involved in the Sept. 12, 1973, kidnapping and murder of singer-songwriter Víctor Jara to 25 years in jail, it was reported in Santiago. Those convicted are between 73 and 85 years old and are all at liberty.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:28 UTC

  Chile expects a larger cherry harvest this season and increasing exports 20% is the goal

  

  Spring and summer are coming to the southern hemisphere and the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association, Asoex, anticipated that with the new season, the country can comfortably target a 20% target increase for Chilean cherries, (November to February).

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Chilean top military brass letter to President Boric on the 50th anniversary of the coup

  

  Just a couple of weeks before the commemoration events of the fiftieth anniversary of the Chilean coup d'état (11 September), retired Generals and Admirals addressed a letter to President Gabriel Boric.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 02:51 UTC

  Documents revealing US involvement in Pinochet's coup declassified

  

  Documents revealing the US government's involvement in the Sept. 11, 1973, coup d'état against Chilean President Salvador Allende have been declassified, it was reported in Santiago.

• Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 19:18 UTC

  Chilean economy in recession: declines in consumption and investments

  

  Chile’s economy has contracted for three consecutive quarters, with significant weakness in household consumption and decline in investments. The last negative figure was reported last week by the Central Bank, showing GDP contracted by -1.1% over the same period between April and June 2023. previous year. 

• Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 11:22 UTC

  Chilean ambassador before the UK sacked

  

  The Chilean ambassador before the UK government Susana Herrera has resigned (removed), the Foreign Ministry announced. The Chargé d'Affaires is taking over in the meantime. Apparently, the ambassador did not adjust to regular proceedings, but the work atmosphere at the embassy in London was not the best.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Heavy rains in Chile leave 2 people dead, thousands stranded

  

  Heavy rains in central and southern Chile have resulted in at least two people dead plus thousands stranded or taken to shelters, it was reported Monday. The victims were a driver who was hit by a tree and a firefighter who was killed Sunday when trying to rescue a lamb from the river in the town of Cañete, in the Bíobio region, some 550 kilometers south of Santiago, Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve said.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

  Falklands teams begin Punta Arenas Hockey on Ice Winter Cup Classic on Saturday

  

  This weekend, (Saturday, Sunday), all of the Falkland Islands teams competing at the Hockey Winter Cup Classic in Punta Arenas will be playing as the matches are officially commencing.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  “Unprecedented declines” in Chilean wine exports: China and UK worst cases

  

  Chile reported in the first half of 2023 “unprecedented declines” in wine exports, totaling 20 million boxes and 584 million dollars, which represents a 24% decrease in both volume and value compared to the same period last year, according to Wines of Chile.