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Chile reports 753 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily total in the country since April 2020.
2021-07-27

Chile's Institute of Public Health issues an emergency use authorization for the Sputnik V vaccine.
2021-07-21

Chile surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19, while active cases reach a record low of 9,900.
2020-10-24

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 is extending its offer of "democratic responsibility" visas, allowing Venezuelans to live in the country for up to two years, so that they may be applied for from any Chilean embassy or consulate in the world instead of just in Venezuela. However, Chile border control now also demands visas upon entry for Venezuelans, a tightening of the previous 90-day free period. The move should aid Venezuelans trying to travel through other Latin American nations that have changing restrictions.
2019-06-23

An 8.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Pacific Ocean near Chile causing landslides and killing at least five people. A tsunami warning is issued.
2014-04-1

The center-left candidate Michelle Bachelet is elected as president of Chile for the second time. She is the first leader in Chile to be elected to serve two terms since military rule ended in 1990.
2013-12-16

An alert is issued after the Copahue stratovolcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, begins spewing ash.
2012-12-25

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

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits near the city of Concepción, Chile.
2010-02-27