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An impeachment inquiry is launched against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera due to his alleged role in the violation of human rights in the ongoing protests.
2019-11-19

The Villarrica volcano explodes in southern Chile leading to the evacuation of 3,000 people.
2015-03-3

Voters in Chile go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election with former President Michelle Bachelet elected again.
2013-12-15

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

The European Southern Observatory's ALMA telescope begins service in Chile's Atacama Desert.
2013-03-13

The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin warns that Australian travellers face more disruption from ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption in Chile.
2011-06-20

Four Mapuche activists give up a hunger strike after 86 days to protest their arrest under Chile's anti-terrorism laws.
2011-06-9

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

Efforts intensify to rescue at least 34 people trapped in a mine near Copiapó, Chile, in the Atacama Desert.
2010-08-7

Former Nazi corporal and founder of Villa Baviera in Chile Paul Schäfer dies in prison at the age of 88.
2010-04-24