Sources: Euronews
The main border crossing between Argentina and Chile reopens after several days of closure due to heavy snowfall. 2022-07-22
A lockdown begins across the entirety of Chile, despite its successful vaccination programme, as the hospital occupancy rate reaches 95%. 2021-03-28
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
In Osaka, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Canada jointly issue a statement condemning the Venezuelan government. The statement's author, Argentine President Mauricio Macri, indicated that it was meant to "show that beyond good faith and dialogue, Maduro takes advantage of that to create more poverty, famine and corruption in Venezuela". 2019-06-29
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile. Light damage is reported and thousands of homes lose power. 2019-01-19
Four people are killed as intense rains and snowstorms hit central and southern Chile. About 3,000 people are homeless, and hundreds of thousands have lost power. 2017-06-17
A wildfire destroys almost the entire town of Santa Olga in Chile's central Maule Region as a Russian firefighting Ilyushin Il-76 arrives to help fight the worst wildfire in Chile's modern history. 2017-01-27
The Chilean government says President Michelle Bachelet voluntarily testified this week as part of a probe into alleged tax crimes by her daughter-in-law Natalia Compagnon. 2016-05-28
Authorities in Chile close the Torres del Paine National Park, amid an ongoing forest fire in Patagonia. 2011-12-31
The Chilean airline LAN cancels 39 flights in Chile and Argentina due to ash cloud from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption. 2011-06-26