Chile’s economy shrank 5.8% in 2020 due to pandemic: the worst drop in four decades
The novel coronavirus pandemic, currently experiencing a second wave in Chile, caused the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to contract...
March 18, 2021Topic
Chile
‘At the limit’: Chile’s world-leading copper industry rejects lawmaker bid to hike taxes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile’s sprawling copper industry has hit its limit in terms of tax burden, a senior...
March 17, 2021
Brazil seeks “3rd path” to Covid-19 patent/waiver deadlock at WTO
Between the so-called vaccine nationalism and the broad permission for patent breach in the fight against Covid-19, as proposed by...
March 17, 2021
Chile places 28 towns under quarantine amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Chile's Health Ministry announced on Monday, March 15th, that 28 communes (towns) in the South American country will go into...
March 16, 2021
The missing Inca settlement on which Santiago de Chile was founded
The official history of Santiago de Chile suggested until a few years ago that the Spaniard Pedro de Valdivia had...
March 15, 2021
Despite being the world’s Covid-19 vaccination champion, Chile records high infection rate
This week, Chile became the world's fastest country in vaccinating its citizens against the coronavirus.
March 13, 2021
Chile announces new measures to keep middle class afloat amid coronavirus crisis
Chile’s president Sebastián Piñera announced on Thursday, March 11th, a raft of new measures aimed at helping middle class families...
March 11, 2021
Chile’s financial market projects 5.3% economic growth in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chilean financial analysts raised their economic forecast from 5.2 percent to 5.3 percent growth in...
March 11, 2021
Chile overtakes Israel and becomes world leader in Covid-19 vaccination
Israel was the country that vaccinated the fastest, with an average of 1.03 daily doses per 100,000 inhabitants. Chile registered...
March 10, 2021