Sources: IOL
Venezuela recalls its diplomats in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay after those countries oppose the election results. 2024-07-29
Three police officers are killed during an ambush in Cañete, Chile, after receiving false emergency calls. They are shot dead before their vehicle is set on fire. 2024-04-27
It is announced that former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera will receive a state funeral with the wake lasting until February 9. 2024-02-7
Six people are killed when a train collides with a minibus at a railroad crossing in San Pedro de la Paz, Bío-Bío Region, Chile. 2023-09-1
After seeing a slight increase in the number of cases and deaths, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina intensify their vaccination rollouts. Chile has reported 37,719 total deaths from COVID-19 while Argentina has reported 115,916 total deaths from COVID-19. 2021-10-29
Chile begins to administer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 55 who have already received two doses of the Coronavac vaccine. 2021-08-11
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
Chile begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 after the arrival of 10,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the country. 2020-12-24
The Roman Catholic Church defrocks Father Fernando Karadima, a priest at the center of a sex abuse scandal in Chile. 2018-09-28
An alert is issued after the Copahue stratovolcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, begins spewing ash. 2012-12-25