Sources: BBC
A Chilean court releases American pilot influencer Ethan Guo from detention in Antarctica after landing a plane without authorization, while ordering him to pay US$30,000 in penalties and leave the country under a three-year entry ban. 2025-09-6
A Florida court in the United States sentences a Haitian-Chilean national to life in prison for the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. 2023-06-2
After a juggler is shot dead by a Carabinero, several protests are held in Panguipulli, southern Chile. The protests escalate into riots and several buildings, including the city hall, are burned. 2021-02-6
Chile surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19, while active cases reach a record low of 9,900. 2020-10-24
Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile tighten border controls for Venezuelan migrants. Over 7% of Venezuela’s total population has fled the nation in two years. 2018-08-19
DNA tests confirm Ata, an unusual six-inch-long mummy found in Chile in 2003, to be the remains of a newborn human with genetic mutations. 2018-03-22
At least one person is dead in protests that have turned violent in Chile. 2016-05-21
Chilean officers start to grant civil unions licences to both heterosexual and homosexual couples, marking the first time a same-sex relationship is officially recognized in the country. 2015-10-22
The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet declares the northern part of Chile to be a disaster zone including the regions of Arica y Parinacota, and Tarapacá. 2014-04-2
Australian airlines QANTAS and Virgin Australia suspends flights to Perth, Western Australia, due to ash from the eruption in Chile, with flights to Tasmania and New Zealand also cancelled. 2011-06-15