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Chile declares a state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 51 people across the country, while hundreds more are reported missing. Multiple fires have been reported in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. More than 1,100 buildings are destroyed.
2024-02-3

Chile reports a record 6,200 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the largest single-day total since June.
2021-03-18

At least one person is dead in protests that have turned violent in Chile.
2016-05-21

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

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Peruvian–Chilean border, causing power cuts but no serious immediate damage. No casualties have been reported.
2012-05-14

At least thirty-two Chilean police and 54 demonstrators are arrested in a demonstration demanding more funds for higher education.
2011-07-14

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

Experts from Chile who helped rescue 33 miners trapped for more than three months in a mine last October go to assist rescue efforts in northern Mexico, where nine workers remained trapped in a mine after an explosion.
2011-05-4

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes northern Chile and southern Peru.
2011-03-6

Homosexuality is to blame for paedophilia, according to Vatican Secretary of State and the Pope's Deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, speaking today at a news conference in Chile.
2010-04-12