Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after quake
Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following...
‘Rebirth’: Chileans vote by millions to tear up Pinochet’s constitution
Chileans poured into the country’s main squares on Sunday night after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country’s Pinochet-era...
Chile anniversary rallies turn violent as churches burned, police fire tear gas
Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that left over 30 dead...
Chilean miner trapped underground a decade ago recalls the day he saw the light
The spectacular rescue a decade ago of 33 miners trapped for two months underground in Chile´s far-flung Atacama desert made headlines around the world. One...
Chile protest marred as teenager falls from bridge amid police clashes
A protest in Chilean capital Santiago was marred by a controversial incident late on Friday when a teenage boy fell from a bridge into a...
Chile’s capital becomes hot spot for cougar sightings
A cougar cub was captured in a posh Santiago neighborhood near the foothills of the Andes mountains, National Zoo officials said, the latest in a...
Chile court shuts gold mine over environmental fears
The multi-billion dollar Pascua Lama project, which straddles Chile's border with Argentina at an altitude of 4,000 meters (13,100 feet), has been the subject of...
Chileans urged to be ‘prudent’ during independence day celebrations
Chile’s health minister has urged Chileans to celebrate the country’s independence day holiday on Friday “prudently” amid fears that a special permit allowing people to...
Police say 100 arrested as clashes mark Chile coup anniversary
A demonstrator is hit by a jet from a water cannon during a protest in homage to the victims of Chile's 1973 military coup, in...
Chile extends state of catastrophe due to pandemic by 90 days
Chile has extended the country’s state of catastrophe due to the coronavirus pandemic for a further 90-day period, the government said in a statement on...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Coquimbo, Chile: EMSC says
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck 50 km (31.07 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo in Chile, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday. The...
Chile unemployment hits new record of 13%
Chile's Labor Minister says the country has reached record numbers of people out of work Martin BERNETTI AFP Unemployment in Chile has reached a new...
Chile slaps record fine on Norwegian salmon producer
The Chilean salmon industry is the second largest in the world MARTIN BERNETTI AFP/File Chile's environmental protection service said Friday it had slapped a record...
Chile shuts down street vendors’ mall after COVID-19 lockdown easing brings crowds
The Chilean authorities shut down a mall in downtown Santiago on Monday morning after hundreds of people crowded into the precinct to buy merchandise to...
Don’t sweat it: Chilean dogs sniff out coronavirus in early stages
Police officer Jose Vallejos plays with golden retriever sniffing dog 'Clifford', wearing a distinctive jacket reading 'Biodetector', during a break at the training site for...
Chile’s President Pinera removes interior, foreign, defense ministers
FILE PHOTO: Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivers speech during the inauguration of the annual National Meeting of Entrepreneurs (ENADE) in Santiago, Chile January 29, 2020....
Chile’s Pinera signs pensions withdrawal into law, economy braces for impact
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Friday signed into law a plan to allow citizens to withdraw 10% of their pensions savings as people queued at...
Chile extradites man accused of murdering Japanese girlfriend in France
Chilean police officers walk with suspect Nicolas Zepeda in Vina Del Mar, Chile July 23, 2020. MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY CHILEAN POLICE/Handout via REUTERS THIS...
Chile’s Senate approves pension reform law
Senators in Chile give the thumbs up as they vote on pension reform FRANCESCO DEGASPERI AFP Chile's Senate on Wednesday approved a measure allowing citizens...
Extradition to France under-way for Chilean accused of murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend
An image grab shows Nicolas Zepeda attending a virtual court on his extradition case in Santiago, on May 27, 2020. © Chilean Judiciary's YouTube channel/AFP...
Chile eyes gradual reopening after coronavirus infections slow in some areas
FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes care a patient (not pictured) infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside an Intensive Care Unit of the...
Pink-caped Chilean deputy brings lawmakers to their feet to celebrate coronavirus bill
Chile's opposition congresswoman Pamela Jiles celebrates the vote during a congressional session to reject a constitutional reform on pensions proposed by opposition lawmakers, amid the...
Chilean president offers middle classes cash to head off pensions withdrawal
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday widened emergency support for middle-class citizens hit by the coronavirus-led economic shutdown to head off legislation that would allow...
Strains of hope: Chilean nurse serenades COVID-19 patients with violin
When most Chilean nurses finish their long shifts caring for the country’s many COVID-19 patients, there is little else on their minds but seeing their...
Rare chance to say goodbye: Chilean hospital invites in COVID patients’ families
Her hand clad in a blue latex glove, her face masked by a perspex shield, the woman lovingly stroked her father’s gray curls, cradled his...
Chile president replaces health minister amid COVID-19 deaths controversy
Chile President Sebastian Pinera on Saturday replaced Health Minister Jaime Manalich amid controversy over the country’s figures for deaths from the coronavirus outbreak. Pinera said...
Chile’s military moves through shadows to spot coronavirus curfew breakers
The armored vehicle rumbles through the near-empty, darkened streets of a scruffy neighborhood in the Chilean capital Santiago, bristling with heavily-armed troops. An army member...
Chile coronavirus death toll jumps sharply after new cases added
Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included....