America Chile A safety warning has been issued after the Volcano Lascar erupted over 6.000 metres into the sky and has now been classified as “unstable”
America Chile Prisoners that are part of the indigenous Mapuche tribe have gone on a hunger strike for several days in order to protest their prison rights, claiming that they should be granted to hold their religious rituals within the facilities
America Chile Workers at the Escondido mine, which is the world’s biggest, have gone on a protest against “serious security incidents”, ultimately costing millions of forgone dollars to the national copper industry
America Chile As part of the country’s new official commitment to exit salmon production from protected areas, AquaChile, the country’s largest salmon farming company, has now ended all salmon production in national parks
America Chile The Atacama desert, also known as the driest place on Earth, has unexpectedly had a light rainfall that produced a flowering desert, which is a very rare phenomenon that pushed President Gabriel Boric to now protect the area
America Chile Three years after the social outbreak of October 2019, and after a key government change, locals took over the cities and blocked the streets with barricades to demand the right to decent housing and freedom for political prisoners
America Chile The Easter Islands have suffered from a wildfire that affected over 100 hectares of their land, damaging hundreds of the famous 500-year-old Moai statues and permanently altering the World Heritage site
America Chile Scientists have found the remains of a 12.000 year-old elephant near Lake Tagua Tagua, being a significant discovery as now they can hypothesise new ways in which climate change and natives affected animals in the area at the time
America Chile The government has suffered a major hacking in its systems, leaking over 400.000 emails that included documents exposing information on the country’s cybersecurity, defence tactics, and monitoring systems
America Chile 61% of citizens have voted against the newly proposed constitution that was written over the past couple of years, causing the government to have to choose new people and guidelines to write yet another new constitution
America Chile Today marks a historic date for Chileans, as they will head to the polls to vote for the newly proposed constitution, political turmoil is expected as there is a great division between the accepters and the rejecters
America Chile The government has presented a bill to reduce working hours by 12% without affecting wages as a part of President Gabriel Boric’s plan for Chileans to have a more effective work-life balance
America Chile This year Santiago has reportedly suffered from a 40% increase in common expenses such as food, housing, electricity, and more, causing authorities to start new evaluations regarding price ceilings and wages