The bilateral relationship between Bolivia and Chile is in its coldest stage despite the ideological affinity between its presidents, Luis Arce and Gabriel Boric, respectively, because the position of both countries regarding the centuries-old Bolivian maritime claim has not changed. Bolivia and Chile have not had diplomatic relations at the ambassador level since 1978 due […]
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Boric inaugurates a photovoltaic plant that will provide energy to 136,000 homes in Chile
The president of Chili, Gabriel Boricparticipated this Wednesday in the inauguration of the Gran Teno photovoltaic plant in the Maule region, 180 kilometers south of Santiago, an energy project that is part of the decarbonization plan of the South American country and will provide energy to 136,000 homes. “This project shows that it is not […]
President Boric reaches the middle of his term with pending social promises
The president of ChiliGabriel Boric, reaches the middle of his term after two years of government marked by two failed attempts to reform the Constitution inherited from the Pinochet dictatorship and a legislative crisis that has eroded his electoral promises to implement in-depth social reforms. However, the president defended on Monday that Chile “it’s better” […]
Chile: Pedro Sánchez and Boric advocate a quick truce between Israel and Hamas
The president of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez and the Chilean president Gabriel Boric They urged this Friday for a “brevity” ceasefire in Loopwhere in the opinion of both Israel is violating the rights of the Palestinian population. The two leaders met on Friday at the Chilean government palace in Santiago, where Sánchez arrived on […]
The US and Chile have “strong commitment to shared objectives,” says Yellen
The US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, He stated this Friday that Chili and USA they have a “strong commitment to shared objectives”, within the framework of his visit to the South American country, where he landed this morning after attending Brazil to the meeting of the finance ministers of the G20. “The United […]
Chile says goodbye to former president Sebastián Piñera
Chile said its last goodbye to the former president on Friday Sebastian Piñera on the third day of national mourning, on which a mass and a state funeral took place. The coffin arrived with all honors at the Santiago cathedral after the political world honored it in the old National Congress with an institutional tribute […]
Chile seeks to rise from the ashes after fires that leave 122 dead
Thousands of people try to rise from the ashes in the hills of Viña del Mar, in the region of Valparaiso in central Chile, hit by one of the deadliest forest fires of the 21st century, with an updated toll this Monday of 122 dead and more than a hundred missing. The violent fires on […]
Chile’s energy transition leaves workers adrift
The vultures hover over Tocopilla, a mining city nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the arid mountains of the Atacama Desert, whose closed coal plants and idle port workers illustrate the rapid energy transition carried out in Chili. The country of about 20 million inhabitants and with considerable capacity to produce solar and wind energy […]
Chilean Congress approves “idea of legislating” pensions but rejects distribution proposal
The Chilean Congress accepted this Wednesday “the idea of legislating the pension reform project“, in a bittersweet day for the Government, which saw how the deputies rejected its other star proposal, a 6% distribution system, “where 3% was allocated to individual capitalization accounts and the rest to a solidarity fund”. A proposal that sought to […]
José de Echave: “Neither the Executive nor Congress have the will for a tax reform”
Chili received 2024 with the beginning of a new royalty law for large copper mining, called mining royalty, which will allow it to raise US$1,350 million annually. The measure was presented by President Gabriel Boric and the Senate. De Echave recounts the need to apply a mining tax reform and warns, despite the territorial proximity, […]