The Latest Breaking News from Chile

Sinovac shot prevents only 38% of Covid cases in kids, data shows

Young children who received two doses of China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd vaccine gained “modest” defences against Omicron infections and higher protection against developing severe cases of Covid-19, a study in Chile showed.

Bangkok Post · Mar 17, 2022

Chile abortion debate gets key place in Constitution redraft

Chile's divisive battle over abortion rights could get a central role in the Andean country's planned new constitution after an assembly voted to approve part of the draft text that calls on the state to guarantee women's reproductive rights.

Reuters · Mar 16, 2022

Chile's largest Indigenous group is fighting to take back what was lost

To progressives, he's a hero — to conservatives, a dangerous militant. Meet Alberto Curamil, the Mapuche leader fighting against 500 years of oppression in Chile.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022

Gabriel Martinelli reacts on Instagram as Arsenal move is vindicated after Brazil announcement

Gabriel Martinelli has been named in the Brazil squad for games against Chile and Bolivia later this month, marking the Arsenal forward's first senior call-up

Football London · Mar 12, 2022

Chile’s Boric becomes president with vow to redistribute wealth

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile President Gabriel Boric said he will work to boost economic growth and better disseminate wealth while healing tensions from years of social unrest, in his first speech after being sworn in as head of state.

Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2022

Exclusive-Chile tax reform to focus on individuals, natural resources, finance minister says

Chile's tax reform, a key plank of new President Gabriel Boric's economic plan, will focus on individuals, natural resources and environmental levies more than corporations, Finance Minister Mario Marcel told Reuters in his first interview in office.

Reuters · Mar 11, 2022

Gabriel Boric, 36, sworn in as president to herald new era for Chile

Progressive former student leader hopes to transform a country still living in the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship

The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2022

High hopes and a raft of challenges as Chile shifts left under Boric

Chile shifted sharply to the left on Friday when Gabriel Boric, 36, was sworn in as the South American country's youngest ever president after pledging social and economic reforms, and riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the political status quo.

France 24 · Mar 11, 2022

Gabriel Boric: From student protest leader to Chile's youngest president

Gabriel Boric, who at 36 years old takes office on Friday as Chile's youngest president, has been building towards this moment since childhood.

Reuters · Mar 11, 2022

Chile's new president: 'I'll be a president for all Chileans'

Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president on Friday, vowing to listen to all sides while warning of the challenges ahead, as the Andean country marked the sharpest shift in its politics since the return to democracy three decades ago after the bloody dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

Reuters · Mar 11, 2022