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This blog was started to prvide Chilean English teachers with authentic and current articles about Chile, both for their own reading and language development and for possible use in their classrooms with their students. However, daily readership averages only 2 - 4 and they are not accessing the blog from Chile. 

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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Chile proposes revamped telecoms framework to streamline permitting

Enami shortlists six companies for Altoandinos lithium project in Chile

Magnitude-5.0 offshore earthquake occurs near coast of Coquimbo Region Aug. 31

 

DIU chief joins military leaders in Chile to discuss emerging technology priorities

Secretary-General of ASEAN to conduct a Working Visit to the Republic of Chile

Chile pays tribute to the victims of forced disappearances

A newly mapped underwater mountain could be home to 20 new species

 

Chile burnishes green credentials as copper, lithium demand boom

 

Chile's Senate wants ICC to order Maduro's arrest

 

South American Defense Leaders Meet in Chile to Discuss Regional Threats, Cooperation

 

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Oceanographers find underwater mountain bigger than Mount Olympus

Chilean Wine Industry Migrates South Due to Climate Change

Over 2.5 million patients reported on waiting lists in Chile

Shocking video shows man destroying American Airlines counter with hammer after learning he was scammed

 

Massive undersea mountain discovered beneath Chile. It is home to ghostly 'Casper Octopus' which can...

Rare species caught on camera in underwater mountain range

 

Chile Moves To Suspend Solar Subsidies

 

BYD Says Fate of Lithium Project Is in Hands of Chile Government

Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return

 

EAM S. Jaishankar Welcomes Chilean Delegation for India-Chile Joint Commission Meeting

 

Request for an Arrangement under the Flexible Credit Line and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement-Press Release

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Copper supply risks ease as Chile miners do deals

Chile leads the way in the Americas with plans for universal charger regulation

How the 2019 protests changed the worldview of young Chileans

Sanfic 2024: More Festival and Industry Growth, Chile’s Film Prowess and This Year’s Highlights and Deals

The U.S. Army is deploying a HIMARS rocket artillery system in Chile as part of Exercise Southern Fenix 2024

Brazilian couple rescued after 5 days missing in Chile's Andes near Argentina border

 

‘Dangerous Precedent’ Rattles Chile’s Renewable Energy Market

Lithium Wars: Australia, Chile, And China Are Leaving The U.S. Behind

Organized crime surge threatens Chile's longstanding status as a security haven in Latin America

Friday, August 23, 2024

Marble Caves in Chile – a phenomenon on the edge of the world

Chile announces new electricity rate hike

 

A city in the U.S. and one in Chile join for a greener future

 

Lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile's Atacama salt flat, study shows

Healing Chile’s Huapi Island

 

Chile hails success of first-ever Kiwi Day

Jones Huala must leave Chile at the earliest

 

US pet food exports to Chile rise with growing market

 

Chile’s contrasting 2024 harvest declared ‘excellent’ by country’s biggest producer

 

Exports from Chile to India increase by 53 percent

Chile's SQM posts 63% slump in profit, expects weak lithium prices to stay

 Chile's SQM, the world's second-largest lithium producer, reported a bigger-than-expected 63.2% slide in its quarterly profit on Wednesday due to weak prices of the battery metal, which it expects will continue for the rest of the year.

https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chiles-sqm-posts-63-slump-in-profit-expects-weak-lithium-prices-to-stay-2024-08-21

Chile Has Become the Rising Star of South America's Food Scene — Here's Why

 

Monday, August 19, 2024

Chile’s Atacama Desert, paradise for sand dune hiking and stargazing, is world’s driest

 

Magnitude-5.2 offshore earthquake occurs near coast of Bio-Bio Region at around 19:31 Aug. 18

Chile Economy Contracts for First Time in a Year as Recovery Stalls

 

Chile Committee Limits Banking Secrecy Lifting in Tax Measure

Mapuche activist Facundo Jones Huala released from prison in Chile

 

Chile's GDP down in Q2, economists see room for rate cuts

 

Earthquake of 4.8 Magnitude Strikes Northern Chile

 

Chile adopts plan to protect the Easter Island ecosystem

 

Exploring Chile’s Atacama Desert: Ghost Towns and Geoglyphs

Friday, August 16, 2024

Chile Central Bank Says Rising Inflation Forecasts Require Caution

Energy storage is a challenge and an opportunity for Chile

 

BHP strike in Chile enters third day, buoying global copper price

 

BHP reaches deal with Escondida union in Chile to halt strike

 

Chilean Mapuche leader on hunger strike is in critical condition

Data of more than half of Chile’s population exposed in massive leak

 

Chile, US Strengthen Cooperation and Fraternity under Extreme Conditions

 

What happened to obesity after Chile slew Tony the Tiger?

Chile’s Capital Hit by Frequent Blackouts; Blame is Being Put on an Italian Company

 

Workers strike at world's biggest copper mine in Chile

 

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Addressing the graduation policy in Chile: raising the visibility of the structural gaps that hinder development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Telefónica Chile's Profits May Be Overstating Its True Earnings Potential

Endless sands: Stunning crescent dunes of Chile's Atacama Desert

 

Enel Chile’s Ratings Unaffected by Electric Distribution Business Concerns

Surge in EVs drives demand for Chile's lithium

Bill to reactivate tourism is introduced to Chilean Chamber of Deputies

 

7 Killed in Chile Plane Crash, Hours After Flight Plummeted Into Ground in Brazil

 

Milei praises Chile’s economic policy during ‘unofficial’ visit to Santiago

 

Small Plane Crash In Chile Kills 7

Chile must build on achievements in the Judiciary to address inequality and prevent undue influence: Special Rapporteur

 

Friday, August 9, 2024

Chile Expands Wine Empire to Easter Island

 

President of Argentina to travel to Chile for Gas Andes event

 

Chile ups pressure on Italian utility Enel over power cuts

Republic of Chile makes US$2.2 billion issuance

 

Chile: Trade Tension With China To Rise After Steel Mill Closure, but Broader Ties Remain Strong

 

The Future of Chile’s Power Market

 

The Airlines & Routes Connecting The US With Chile

 

Chile’s CCU sees profits, volumes plummet in second quarter

FAO Feature Story Healing Chile’s Huapi island

 

Through the signing of new agreements, the governments of Chile and Brazil are boosting their collaboration in space affairs

 

Chile Consumer Prices Rise More Than Forecast as Policymakers Hold Rate

 

Chile's Largest Steelmaker Suspends Production, Blames China

 

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Chile's renewables share climbs to 34.1% in June

Adverse weather forecast across central regions through at least Aug. 3

Mohammed bin Rashid meets with the President of Chile

 

Powerful earthquake shakes northern Chile

Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

Chile to play three match tour in November 2024

 

Seven international rankings where Chile stood out in the first half of the year

Chile Underground

 

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Chile’s lower house of Congress asks Boric to void Codelco-SQM deal

"NewsFeed": Artificial Intelligence at the service of communication

 

Freeport plans $7.5 billion El Abra copper mine expansion in Chile

Chile Immunohematology Market Poised for Strong Growth by 2032 - Expansion Driven by Rising Demand for Blood Disorder Diagnostics

 

Massive Plume Shoots 2,500' Into Sky

 

Presidents Peña of Paraguay and Boric of Chile discuss drugs and strengthening trade in Asunción

Andean condor in rehab highlights conservation challenges

 

Chile’s Blumar invests over $1m to resume salmon processing in Magallanes post-fire

Activists to gather in Rancagua July 23 and in Valparaiso July 24

Chile on alert for Villarrica volcano

Chile Man, Mistakenly Paid 330 Times His Salary, Vanishes Without A Trace

 

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Chinese edition of celebrated Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s collection of poems and prose launches in Beijing

20th Sanfic Santiago International Film Festival Touts 10 Chilean Titles

Chile is flooded with shootings lately

 

Chile to experience severe supply crunch of tax-eligible carbon offsets in 2024

Dominicans and Venezuelans among victims of Chile shooting

How Brazil and Chile are leading Latin America’s energy transition

 

Walmart staff union in Chile ends strike with 18 months more on contracts

 

Chilean copper output to grow by 5% in 2024, supported by output from Quebrada Blanca

Political Espionage in Communes of Santiago de Chile

Is Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua Behind Surge in Chile Kidnappings?

 

Chile President Gabriel Boric Scraps Olympic Games Visit to Counter Crime Surge

2024 Investment Climate Statements: Chile

 

Starbucks says Chile union has ended strike

Renewables buy calls on Chilean and international counsel

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

‘Instead of crisps, kids could eat snacks from the sea’: the forager chef looking to revolutionise Chile’s diet

Chile Almost 5 Years After the Revolution that Failed

‘Scarcity of contractors a huge issue’: Atlas Renewable Energy on deploying large-scale BESS in Chile

Chile’s salmon industry vows to double output by 2050

 

Chile’s Ambitious Environmental Fund

Salmon farming summit concludes Chile needs a state policy on the matter

Chile technology piloting center CNP progressing on green hydrogen projects

 

Chile bets on women's shooting and canoeing

 

Coldwave alert in Maule

 

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Fitch Rates Chile's Social Bond 'A-'

Chile Braces for a $552 Million Flood of Commercial Real Estate

 

Chile will access the United States IRA law with its lithium products

 

Mobile operator calls Chile to ICSID

 

Chileans confront homelessness crisis

 

Chile says a Venezuelan fugitive has been arrested in the killing of an anti-Maduro dissident

 

China Set To Surpass Chile as World’s Second-Largest Grape Exporter

Chile’s stolen children: a new effort offers hope to Pinochet-era international adoptees

 

Unusual Rainfall Brings Winter Flowers To Chile's Atacama Desert

Chile wins US tax-credit treatment for battery component made from lithium

 

Resource Nationalism Over Lithium Extraction To Advance Under Boric

 

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Chile salmon farming industry urges government action to prevent production decline

Fitch Affirms Chile at 'A-'; Outlook Stable

The Wealthiest Person in Chile

 

Chile to analyze 81 private lithium proposals, eyeing four projects by 2026

 

Chile Wins US Tax-Credit Treatment for Battery Component Made From Lithium

Solar parks provide refuge for birds, claim Chilean researchers

 

Chile’s SalfaCorp gets funds to refinance debt

 

Chile to analyze 81 private lithium proposals, eyeing four projects by 2026

 

Chile updates free trade agreement with European Free Trade Association

The driest desert on the planet is in bloom

 

Chile desert surprises with rare winter bloom

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Chile’s €1.6 Billion Debt Offering

Magnitude-5.3 earthquake occurs in Antofagasta Region at around 14:20 July 3

 

Wind farm plans in Chile raise environmental concerns

 

Chile finally ratifies ILO C176 on mine safety

‘God is with them’: Wildfire response in Chile

Chile's Codelco sees copper output ticking up in second half of year

 

Chile dazzles with its natural diversity and commitment to sustainability at the World Travel Awards

 

The Impact of Modern Contracting Methods on Chile's Energy Transition

 

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Chile drought not over despite rainy H1

 

Chile Taps Global Debt Markets With $1.7 Billion Social Bond

 

Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his first giant steps in a Chilean zoo in a boost to his species

 

In Chile’s Southern Tip, a Bet on Hydrogen Worries Conservationists

 

Plummetting lithium price leads BASF to drop investment plans in Chile

 

Why Is Chile So Long?

 

Commissioner Simson in Chile and Argentina to deepen energy cooperation

 

U.S. AND CHILE REACH AGREEMENT ON COMMON FOOD NAMES

Chilean grape industry wins systems approach approval

Chile wins Leading Adventure Destination and other four awards in South America

 

Adoptee stolen at birth sues Chile over thousands of dictatorship-era thefts

Chile’s Economy Shrinks for a Third Month as Rebound Falters

Chile Family Halts Funeral To Watch Football Match, Video Is Viral

Canada send Chile crashing out of Copa América; Argentina stay perfect

 

Chile wants Copa América ref suspended for 'gross errors'

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Chile hunt vital win in Copa America decider against Canada

 

Argentina, Chile coaches receive suspensions for their next Copa America match. Here’s why

 

Magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurs south-southeast of Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region, at around 00:21 June 29

 

US strikes deal with Chile to ensure cheese, meat market access

Criminals stole hundreds of rare cacti from Chile. Now an Italian NGO is suing the suspects

 

SkyTeam Opens New Lounge in Santiago de Chile

Chilean Cerro Dominador’s Thermosolar Plant Faces Setbacks

 

Chile’s renewables share drops to 33.6% in May

 

Copper Supply Gets a Boost as Chile Shows Signs of Recovery

Chile's president defends power rate hike after five-year freeze

 

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Fungus in Chile Highlights the Role of Fungi in the Climate

 

Valle Nevado, Chile Receives Six Feet of Snow in Seven Days

Chile Central Bank Likely to Tap the Brakes on Pace of Interest Rate Cuts

 

Amerigo Provides Update on Heavy Rains in Chile

Bullrich apologizes for remarks regarding Hezbollah's alleged presence in Chile

 

One dead, over 11,000 homeless after storm hits south-central Chile

 

Desertification and drought in Chile: challenges and strategies in the Coquimbo Region in the face of Climate Change

 

Chile activates rain and cold weather alerts

Chile revises kiwifruit export forecast upwards

 

Argentina installs solar panels in Chilean territory by mistake

 

Chile says Saudi Arabia mining minister to visit

 

InvestChile Launches First Guide to the Green Hydrogen Industry in Chile

 

Chile demands Argentina withdraw military solar panels from its territory

 

‘Your plastic is here’: how Easter Island copes with 500 pieces of rubbish an hour washing ashore

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Quality of Employment and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Chile

 

Chile’s salmon farmers win in Los Lagos dispute

 

Germany, Chile call on Israel to step up humanitarian aid for Israel

 

Chile counts on lithium for its future

 

Chile’s Chicago Boys: From Direct Influence to Lingering LegacyD

 

Chilean apple industry ready to face the rains

Copper Miners Gun for Share of Windfall in Chile

 

Chilean Communist at Chicago gathering predicts socialism will prevail

 

World’s Largest Camera for Astronomy Reaches Chilean Mountaintop

Joint Committee ESO-Government of Chile opens its national call for proposals for 2024

CAN RATE CUTS SUPPORT STRONGER ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR CHILE IN 2024?

Chile's cruise calls, passenger count creep up in 2023/24 season

 

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Businesses Must Carefully Review US-Chile Tax Treaty Provisions

 

Chile with over US$1.3bn in public works tenders for June-July

Fitch Rates Chile's Social Bonds 'A-'

 

Chile’s Aging Mines Could Keep Copper Prices Surging

Economic activity in Chile expanded 3.5% in April

Chile salmon prices to China decline again, tick down for US, Brazil...

The Double Disappearance Inside Chile’s Patio 29

Chile: Air and Space Fair 2024, a Resounding Success

Friday, May 31, 2024

Unemployment in Chile fell to 8.5% in the February-April quarter

Chile to award 3.5 GHz spectrum for 5G next month

Mongabay video screening at Chile’s Supreme Court expected to help landmark verdict in Brazil

Chile Hopes SQM-Codelco Deal to Proceed as Planned, Finance Minister Says

  

A $12 Billion Student Loan Break Puts Chile Leader on Back Foot

 

U.S tech giants are building dozens of data centers in Chile. Locals are fighting back

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Chile talks pricing for cross-border bond deal

 Chile has set the initial price talk on a planned two-part sale of bonds in the international market this week at around 6.5% each, according to a source familiar with the deal. The sovereign is looking to tap its 6% 2033 Chilean peso-denominated social bonds and issue new notes in local currency that mature in 2040.

https://latinfinance.com/daily-brief/2024/05/29/chile-talks-pricing-for-two-part-deal/


Chile Day Opens the Market

 

El Niño Brought a Slow-Motion Season with a Long Harvest Window

 

Chile's Codelco reaches collective agreement with unions

 

Ukraine and Chile to deepen cooperation to return home Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

Pork and poultry positioned as Chile's fourth largest food exporter

 

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Closing Bell: Lithium Chile Inc flat on Friday

When Will Competence Define Who Works in Chile’s Cities?

 

Pre-trial detention ordered for suspects in Chile fire

 

Chile firefighter, forest official linked to wildfires that killed 130

In message to Russia, Chilean lawmakers meet in Antarctica to underline territorial claims

 

UFO sightings over Brazil, Argentina and Chile leave experts baffled

 

Chile Central Bank Slows Easing Pace and Says Further Interest Rate Cuts are Coming

 

Chilean officials meet in Antarctica to underline territorial claims

 

Gomphothere Butchering Camp Discovered in Chile

 

Chile's Central Bank lowers monetary policy interest rates

Chile Court Bomb Threats Highlight Tren de Aragua’s War on the State

 

Chile arrests firefighter for allegedly starting deadly blaze in February

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Chile plans fresh social bond sale, buyback

 

It’s Dumping Snow In Chile Right Now

 

Austria, Albania and Chile Have Confirmed Their Participation in the Global Peace Summit

Ring of fire over Easter Island, Chile and Argentina will be the next solar eclipse, visible on October 2, 2024

 

Chile prolongs blue code due to worsening weather conditions

 In view of the worsening weather conditions in central and southern Chile over the past few days, authorities decided on Wednesday to prolong the blue code, a mechanism to provide care for people living on the streets. Heavy rainfalls and intense cold have hit the Metropolitan regions of Santiago, Valparaiso, O’Higgins, Ñuble, Maule and Biobio, and forecasts indicate that the situation will continue until Thursday.

https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/05/22/chile-prolongs-blue-code-due-to-worsening-weather-conditions/

12,500-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Chile

 

Albania and Chile to attend Global Peace Summit in Switzerland — Zelenskyy

 

Chile’s Central Bank Will Likely Slow the Pace of Interest Rate Cuts for Second Meeting

 

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

India, Chile agree on close cooperation in combating tech-enabled crimes, drug trafficking

 

Innergex says battery energy storage facility in northern Chile begins operations

 

The ‘Yosemite of South America’ is an adventure playground in Patagonia

 

Chile opens land bidding for 13GWh of storage projects in Northern regions

 

Chile reaches the top for the first time in 2015

 

‘Rare’ seasonal creature seen courting in mountains of Chile. It’s a new species.

Chilean authorities to discuss Antarctica issues on site

What It Took to Create a National Park in Chile

Chile Economy Posts Fastest Growth Since 2021 as Consumption Powers Recovery

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Chile Proposes Legislation to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

Workers at Chile's Quebrada Blanca mine set to strike -union

 

Led by ‘The Hyperboreans,’ ‘El Conde,’ ‘The Settlers,’ Chile Looks to Genre Blending and Bending to Cut Through the Crowd

 

Mainland Chile confirms first 3 cases of Zika virus

Chile Raises 2024 Economic Growth Forecast as Copper Prices Soar

UnitedHealth attacks Chile over new rules that fuel insurance crisis

Chile’s Congress Passes Bill Supporting Private Healthcare Insurers

 

Santander reports customer, employee data breach in Spain, Chile, Uruguay

Firefighters responding to structure fire at Court of Appeals in central Santiago evening May 13

 

Brazilian helicopter group lands in Chile and Ecuador

Chile blue-chips rise 2 pct in early trade on U.S. data

Chile truckers protest rising crime in threat to mine transport

 

Activities of Secretary-General in Chile, 1-6 May

Monday, May 13, 2024

A call to collective action: Confronting antisemitism in Chile - opinion

 

Firefighters responding to structure fire at shopping center in Talca, Maule Region, early May 13

 

Unionized truckers begin nationwide indefinite strike May 13

Chile’s Economic Activity Falls Less Than Forecast as Services Sector Remains Strong

Chile Central Bank Boss Says Inflation Is Within Expectations

 

A magnitude-5.1 offshore earthquake occurs west of Maule Region at around 05:18 May 13

 

Chile Truckers Protest Rising Crime in Threat to Mine Transport

 

Mag. 2.6 quake - 126 km north of Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 12:40 am

Will Chile Get The New World’s Largest Ski Area?

 

Kentucky Baptists launching new partnership to reach Chile with gospel

Solar storm turns the sky purple in Chile's southernmost city

 

Friday, May 10, 2024

Chile’s bishops, president discuss security, migrants

The Largest Resort on Earth? MCP Aiming to Create It in Chile

Chile Economists Pare Rate Cut Bets as Inflation Picks Up

 

Chile's peso outshines Latam peers, most currencies eye weekly gains

 

The Curious Case of Chile and the Central Bank Digital Currency

 

Brazil’s Helisul Acquires Chile’s Ecocopter For $36 Million

 

Chilean court dismisses Pandora probe into deceased former President Sebastián Piñera

 

Novel introductions of human-origin H3N2 Influenza viruses in Swine, Chile

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chilean-officer-wades-cold-mud-090151195.html

 

Chilean Officer Wades Through Cold Mud to Rescue Vicuna Calf

Chile is a polarized state that tries to discipline the population by force.

 

Chile Real Estate Crisis Deepens as Toesca Liquidates $215 Million Fund

 

Chilean government unveils plan to produce green hydrogen

Chile's consumer prices up 0.5% in April, above forecasts

    

Quake hits central Chile, no initial reports of damage

 

Amnesty International sends letter to Chilean Attorney General Angel Valencia about delayed arraignment of Carabineros commanders