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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

Chile approves the CoronaVac vaccine developed by Sinovac for emergency use in the country.
2021-01-20

Lopez and his family later seek refuge in Chile's diplomatic residence.
2019-04-30

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

Google announces that Project Loon – to provide wireless access to four billion unconnected people around the globe in rural and remote areas via Internet-beaming helium balloons in the stratosphere – will be tested in Indonesia in 2016. Currently, one in three Indonesians are connected to the web, mostly via slow connections, in this 17,508-island archipelago of over 250 million people (and about 319 million mobile phones). The company, which also tested Loon-delivered internet in Chile, New Mexico (U.S.), and Sri Lanka, hopes to deliver LTE-speed to more than 100 million unconnected Indonesians in five years.
2015-10-29

Chile declares a state of emergency and preliminary evacuation of 16,000 as a forest fire threatens the city of Valparaiso.
2015-03-13

A massive forest fire in Valparaíso, Chile destroys thousands of homes and leaves 11 people dead.
2014-04-13

Voters in Chile go to the polls for a general election of president, senators, deputies, and regional advisers. The presidential election looks likely to go to a runoff between former President Michelle Bachelet and Evelyn Matthei of the ruling Coalition.
2013-11-17

83 prisoners die as a fire breaks out in a prison in Santiago, Chile.
2010-12-8

An explosion due to mishandling of explosives kills two in a Copiapó, Chile copper mine. (Wikinews)
2010-11-8