On Saturday, Chilean Restaurants Give Part of the Till to Families the Storms Left Without Roofs
Chile Cocina por Chile runs on 22 August: restaurants, cafes and food trucks donate part of the day's sales to...
August 20, 2026Section
Chile News in English
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Chile Referendum Idea Raised on Security Reform, Then Dropped
A Chile referendum on Kast's security reform was floated by allies, then ruled out by his own ministers. What the...
August 20, 2026
Chile Stopped Two Highway Awards Just Before Signing, and Spain’s Builders Are Getting Nervous
Two Chile road concessions in Biobío were halted at the last procedural step on budget grounds, unsettling the Spanish groups...
August 20, 2026
SQM Will Spend US$3 Billion by 2028, Most of It on One Salt Flat
The SQM investment plan puts about US$3 billion of capital spending into 2026-2028, centred on the Salar Futuro lithium project...
August 20, 2026
Chile Fines a Santiago Broker for Faking Its Own Accounts
Chile's financial regulator fined the brokerage Nevasa about US$266,000 for reporting false information about its financial position and solvency ratios.
August 20, 2026
A Critically Endangered Frog Just Stopped a Chile-Argentina Power Line
A Chile Argentina power line was rejected by Maule environmental regulators over a critically endangered frog, after a Leonardo DiCaprio...
August 20, 2026
Kast Needs His Own Side to Pass His Security Reform. It Is Not Cooperating
The Kast security reform has split the Chilean right. Libertarian allies warn of a less democratic system while RN deputies...
August 20, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso
Chile stocks rose on August 19, with the S&P IPSA gaining 0.49% and the peso firming against the dollar, as...
August 20, 2026
Boric and Matthei Reject Chile’s Kast Security Reform
Boric and Matthei both reject the Kast security reform in Chile, warning about 240-day emergency powers. Plus a Trinidad and...
August 19, 2026