This November 6, the Telethon 2021 will be held in Peru as part of the collaborative campaign to raise funds for the children of the Hogar Clínica San Juan de Dios. This time, the event will feature virtual and face-to-face presentations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What is particular about this 2021 edition is that […]
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Chile, the Latin American country with the greatest confidence in its economy
Chile is the country in Latin America where consumers have the greatest confidence in its economy, which is recovering in record time after the serious crisis caused by the pandemic, revealed a survey by the consulting firm Ipsos. The report “Global Confidence Index 2021″ (CCI), which is based on the opinion of more than 21,000 […]
Lasso affirms that Ecuador has the mining potential of Chile and Peru
Updated on 11/04/2021 11:07 am The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, said this Thursday in a meeting with investors in Madrid that his country has the mining potential of the South American giants of the sector, Chile and Peru. On the first of the three days of his visit to Spain, Lasso was received by […]
Chile’s presidential favorites tied with campaign paused by COVID-19
Updated on 11/04/2021 09:18 am The two favorite candidates for the presidential elections in Chile on November 21, the leftist Gabriel Boric and the rightist José Antonio Kast, tie in a new poll as the campaign comes to a halt due to a COVID-19 contagion and goes digital . Survey Criteria published this Thursday shows […]
Elections in Chile: Kast could beat Boric in the second round, according to polls
Chile’s conservative candidate José Antonio Kast could beat Gabriel Boric in the second presidential round, according to two polls that showed the main contender on the right closer than ever to winning the nation’s highest post. In an eventual second round, Kast would get 53.7% of valid votes to 46.3% for Boric, according to an […]
Chile: candidate José Antonio Kast bets on more growth to alleviate social unrest
Two years after a social uprising against inequality in Chile, the new rising star of the presidential race wants to restore order, cut taxes and refocus the government’s efforts on growth, according to his top economic adviser. Through a reduction in corporate and sales taxes, and a reduction in red tape and legal uncertainties for […]
Sequoia enters Chile with investment in fund manager
A Chilean asset manager with funds named after Hollywood stars including Conservative Clooney, Moderate Pitt, Risky Norris and Very Conservative Streep, is Sequoia Capital’s latest gamble on the region’s burgeoning fintech industry. Fintual Inc. obtained US $ 39 million from investors led by Sequoia with funds intended primarily to accelerate its growing operations in Mexicosaid […]
Ministers of Chile and Canada call COP26 to set a real price for carbon emissions
Updated on 11/01/2021 10:55 am Chile’s energy minister and Canadian environment minister are among the signatories of a letter asking COP26 negotiators to put a real price on carbon emissions, a supervised panel reported Monday. by the World Bank. World leaders began arriving at the conference on Monday COP26 of the UN, considered fundamental to […]
New poll in Chile ranks far-right Kast first
A new poll placed this Sunday in first place in the presidential race in Chile the far-right José Antonio Kast, with a 22.2% preference, ahead of the one who until now was the favorite, the leftist Gabriel Boric, who would obtain 17.4%. The Polso Ciudadano poll, carried out by the pollster Activa between October 25 […]
Chilean health authorities show concern about a new rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated on 10/28/2021 01:54 pm A sustained increase in coronavirus infections in recent weeks in Chile keeps the government on alert due to the decrease in the perception of risk among the population amid the massive and rapid vaccination campaign, health authorities said. Among the causes of the new advance, the authorities pointed out the […]