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Chile reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a resident of Panguipulli who traveled from Madrid on December 23.
2020-12-29

Bolivia and Chile agree on a deal to return home hundreds of Bolivian migrants stranded at a makeshift camp in Santiago. The migrants will be transported to Iquique where they will spend 14 days in quarantine before finally returning to Bolivia.
2020-04-28

Chile's Ministry of Health reports its country's first COVID-19 death in an 83-year woman from Renca, Santiago. The country has more than 500 confirmed cases, the second-largest number in South America after Brazil.
2020-03-21

Chile is extending its offer of "democratic responsibility" visas, allowing Venezuelans to live in the country for up to two years, so that they may be applied for from any Chilean embassy or consulate in the world instead of just in Venezuela. However, Chile border control now also demands visas upon entry for Venezuelans, a tightening of the previous 90-day free period. The move should aid Venezuelans trying to travel through other Latin American nations that have changing restrictions.
2019-06-23

The 11 remaining countries aiming to create the Trans-Pacific Partnership after the United States' withdrawal announce that they will sign an agreement in Chile this March.
2018-01-23

Five people are killed and at least 15 missing in a mudslide in Villa Santa Lucía, a remote village in southern Chile, after more than 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) of rain the previous 24 hours. President Michelle Bachelet declares a state of emergency. Sunday is the run-off election for Chile's next president.
2017-12-16

Devastating floods in northern Chile leave at least 25 dead and more than 100 missing.
2015-04-5

The European Southern Observatory's ALMA telescope begins service in Chile's Atacama Desert.
2013-03-13

83 prisoners die as a fire breaks out in a prison in Santiago, Chile.
2010-12-8

All 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground are located alive after 17 days, though they have not yet been removed from the mine and remain trapped.
2010-08-22