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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A 200 metre-deep sinkhole has appeared near a northern mining area, sparking serious investigations among the national geology and mining departments

The government announced a US$1.2 billion economic aid plan that includes bonuses and labor subsidies for over 19 million inhabitants to boost formal employment