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At least two people are killed and nine others are injured when a passenger train collides with a train on a test run near Santiago, Chile.
2024-06-20

Thousands of people gather in Chile's capital Santiago to protest against Israel's military actions in Gaza.
2023-10-27

Chile reports an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, which has killed four people.
2023-06-10

In Chile, Santiago governor Claudio Orrego announces that the national capital will ration water for the first time in its history, as the country enters its 13th year of drought.
2022-04-11

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

After a week of fare-dodging protests in the Santiago Metro, thousands of protestors clash with police in different places across Santiago, Chile. Subway service is suspended in the entire city. Protests started after a price hike in the most expensive subway system in Latin America.
2019-10-18

Millions of residents in the Chilean capital Santiago are left without access to running water after the Maipo River is contaminated by flooding and landslides. At least four people have died in the floods.
2017-02-26

Violent storms cause floods across Uruguay with seven people killed and more than 2,000 left homeless. Four of those were killed by a tornado that struck Dolores. Four million people in the Chilean capital of Santiago were left without tap water as heavy rains triggered landslides. This led to the fouling of the city's water supply.
2016-04-18

Tens of thousands of students protest in the Chilean capital Santiago for increased education expenditure.
2011-09-22

Tens of thousands of people protest in Santiago, Chile about plans to build two dams on wild rivers in southern Patagonia with an minority of people turning violent.
2011-05-20