America Chile As the state is implementing new legislation to increase mining royalties in order to fund education and healthcare, mining companies expressed their concerns and fear a negative impact on investment attraction
America Chile The ongoing drought has significantly affected wheat imports from Argentina, leading to the country’s declaration of a food crisis
America Chile With over 5.000 years of age, an ancient cypress in the country is now classified by experts as the oldest single tree in the world whose age is scientifically confirmed
America Chile The state has officially passed the largest salary increase in over 20 years due to its current record-breaking inflation levels
America Chile Palaeontologists have discovered one of the most complete dinosaur fossils inside the Tyndall Glacier in the Patagonia region, with intact embryos from over 130 million years ago
America Chile Authorities are currently preparing water rationing in the face of a prolonged drought which is estimated to affect over 8,5 million people; the plan consisting on “rotational” water cuts around the country
America Chile As the country is still writing its new Carta Magna, congress recently passed the new articles related to working rights, which prohibit arbitrary firing and allow for workers to participate in company decisions
America Chile According to the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (MOVILH), transphobia and homophobia police reports have decreased by 12% since last year
America Chile The state has officially become the first in the world to ever issue a Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB), with the aim of growing the economy while contemporarily reduce carbon emissions and incentivise the use of renewable energy
America Chile A NASA airplane has arrived to the country in order to conduct a series of investigations on space, choosing Chile since the celestial objects to be studied are best observed from the Southern Hemisphere
America Chile A new law came into effect which obliges businesses to only use certified plastic materials and recycle them according to precise local indications
America Chile After 152 years, the moai dubbed Moai Tau was brought back to its home land in a significant gesture for the Rapa Nui, the native people of Easter Islands; the human-like statue had been previously exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History