Chilean Central Bank raises key rate to 0.75% after a year and a half at minimum levels
The Central Bank of Chile decided on Wednesday to raise the benchmark interest rate to 0.75 %, thus initiating the...
July 15, 2021Topic
Chile
Chilean government raises GDP growth forecast for 2021 to 7.5%
The Chilean Government raised this Monday its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for 2021 from 6% estimated in April...
July 12, 2021
Chile’s mining royalties bill will hurt investment, jobs – finance minister
An opposition-sponsored bill to impose a royalties tax on miners in Chile could generate “significant economic impacts,” affecting employment and...
July 8, 2021
ECLAC raises growth forecast for Latin America to 5.2% in 2021
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday raised its 2021 growth forecast for the region...
July 8, 2021
Chile will give shape to Gaudí’s only work outside Spain
The city of Rancagua, in central Chile, will be the site of the only work of the architect Antonio Gaudí...
July 7, 2021
Latin America’s educational drama foreshadows more crisis and inequality for the future
Experts agree on the urgency of reopening schools for in-person classes, provided that health measures are met.
July 6, 2021
Chile registers lowest infection figure in 6 months (July 3)
The country seems to have overcome the worst wave of deaths and infections since the start of the pandemic.
July 5, 2021
Chile elects indigenous woman academic to lead drafting of new Constitution
The 155 candidates who will draft Chile's new Constitution elected this Sunday Elisa Loncón, an indigenous woman, to preside over...
July 4, 2021
Chile resumes start of constitutional convention after pause due to protests
The electoral authorities of Chile resumed this Sunday the inaugural act of the constitutional convention that kicks off the drafting...
July 4, 2021