Sources: BBC
Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco and private miner SQM create a joint venture to develop lithium in the Atacama salt flat until 2060, with the Chilean state set to receive the majority of operating margins. 2025-12-27
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
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
Chile becomes the first Latin American country to ban the commercial use of single-use plastic bags. 2018-08-3
Chilean search and rescue authorities declare that a crewman who fell overboard from a competitor vessel is lost at sea. 2018-03-27
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
A massive forest fire in Valparaíso, Chile destroys thousands of homes and leaves 11 people dead. 2014-04-13
Sixty-one schools in Chile's capital Santiago are to be investigated for possible child sex abuse. 2012-07-21
President of the United States Barack Obama is announced to visit Brazil, Chile and El Salvador from March 19 to 23. 2011-02-18
The 33 miners involved in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile receive their first hot meal in 26 days: it consists of meatballs, chicken and rice through a tube. 2010-09-1