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Chilean economy posts year-on-year growth of 2.4% in 2022

Chile's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022 closed with a year-on-year rise of 2.4% over the previous year, the...

Chile considers changes to mining royalty bill

Chile has opened the door to further modifications to proposed tax increases on copper...

Warmest temperatures in Chile’s history may worsen drought and affect food security

The central Chilean zone reached last February the warmest temperatures recorded in the country in the previous century, which could aggravate water shortages and...

Chile’s Congress, a barren ground for Gabriel Boric’s aspirations

The Chamber's rejection of Gabriel Boric's tax reform bill left in evidence the strained relationship between the Executive and...

Chile: Boric’s proposed tax reform was rejected

Chile's Chamber on Wednesday rejected the sweeping tax reform proposed by the country's president, Gabriel Boric, a measure aired...

Chilean exports rose 9% in the first two months of the year, boosted by the services sector

Chilean exports rose 9 percent in the first two months of the year compared...

Chilean treasury revenues register annual increase of 9.1% in January, driven by lithium revenues

Revenues to the Chilean Treasury recorded an annual increase of 9.1 percent in January 2023, mainly influenced by higher property income due to the growth in the collection of lithium exploitation contracts and by the...

The role of the Armed Forces divides the Chilean political system 50 years after the coup d’état

Preparations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup d'état on September 11 resulted in nuances over the role of the Armed Forces. While for the left wing, the military must provide information in its...

Chile’s bottled wine exports reach 3.4 million cases in January 2023; China and Brazil main markets

Chile's bottled wine exports reached 3.4 million cases for US$100.6 million in January 2023, the Wines of Chile organization reported yesterday, Thursday. The entity specified...

The unexpected growth of the Chilean economy moves market forecasts

Chile shows that the economic slowdown could be less aggressive in the coming months. The monthly economic activity indicator (Imacec) expanded by 0.4% in January, leaving behind projections of a contraction for the first month of...

Unemployment in Chile up 15.2%; stands at 8% between November and January last year

Unemployment in Chile stood at 8 percent in the mobile quarter between November 2022 and January 2023, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported yesterday, Monday. The reported figure signified an increase of 0.7 percentage points in...

Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"