America Chile 39.000 tons of unused fast fashion items were dumped in the Atacama desert this year since they contain chemicals that can’t be incorporated into landfills, resulting in huge textile mountains in the middle of the desert and massive pollution
America Chile The Mapuche Indigenous community is violently claiming its territory back in the country’s southern region, leading to President Sebastian Piñera extending the state of emergency in that area
America Chile Thousands of protesters took to the streets to mark the second anniversary of the first manifestations against inequality that led to the still ongoing re-writing of the Constitution
America Chile In the past month the country had a 1.2% inflation increase, this being its biggest monthly inflation rise in 13 years
America Chile Xenophobic protests took place in the country’s northern region, resulting in locals burning personal belongings of Venezuelan migrants trying to enter the state
America Chile The country announced that it will reopen its borders to international tourists right before its summer, in order to revive the national tourism sector that has been blocked since the pandemic struck
America Chile 46 years after the coup that brought General Pinochet into power, recently declassified documents suggest it was the result of a domestic class conflict and Cold War geopolitics and was only possibile with international involvement
America Chile The country declared a state of “agricultural emergency” due to the severe water shortages in several regions caused by extreme rise in temperatures
America Chile The Coquimbo region’s environmental commission approved the controversial Dominga mining project, it involves underground pipelines that pass though the ecologically unique Humboldt Archipelago; environmental organisations have expressed their outrage
America Chile On July 4th the creation of Chile’s new Constitution began; today, along with experts from the United Nations, discussions about including the topic on Human Rights within the document started
America Chile The state’s Senate approved same-sex marriage and adoption; now the country is only missing the Chamber of Deputies’ approval to make this an official reality
America Chile The country aims to become a world leader in the production of low-cost green hydrogen, powered by huge wind farms in the southern region of Magallanes, with strong winds and low population density