Chile Announces Fresh Lockdowns, as President Snapped Without Mask
Chile’s health authorities on Monday, December 7th, announced a fresh lockdown in the capital Santiago after coronavirus cases spiked 18%...
December 7, 2020Topic
Chile
Magnitude 6.0 Quake Hits Chile, 114 km East of Iquique
A intermediate magnitude 6.0 earthquake was reported around noon near Iquique, Provincia de Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile.
December 6, 2020
Chile’s Central Bank Prepares Investment Measures to Mitigate Pension Withdrawals
Chile’s Central Bank said on Friday that it will intervene to mitigate a possible uptick in market volatility with a...
December 5, 2020
Chile Tightens Immigration Law Ahead of Predicted post-Lockdown Arrivals
Lawmakers approved late on Thursday, December 3rd, a bill that overhauls Chile’s immigration rules and the service that oversees them,...
December 4, 2020
Chile Rolls out Pandemic Restrictions for Holidays, Solar Eclipse
The Chilean government on Thursday announced special social-distancing regulations for Christmas, New Year and the December 14th total eclipse of...
December 4, 2020
Chile Extends State of Catastrophe Amid Warning of Second COVID-19 Wave in January
Chile on Thursday, December 3rd, extended a state of catastrophe that allows for the control of movement of people through...
December 3, 2020
Chile Unemployment Eases to 11.6%, Remains Near Decade-long High
Chile’s rolling three-monthly unemployment rate eased for a third consecutive month to 11.6% in August through October, the government said...
November 27, 2020
Chile’s Senate Rejects Pension Withdrawal Bill, now to Vote on Pinera’s Plan B
Chile’s Senate rejected an opposition-led coronavirus relief bill to give citizens a second opportunity to withdraw funds from their pensions,...
November 26, 2020
Significant Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake 172 km Northwest of Talca, Chile
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Saturday 21 November 2020 at 7.54 pm...
November 22, 2020