Left-leaning former student leader Gabriel Boric became Chile’s new and youngest president on Friday. He vowed to oversee a political and economic renewal of a nation that has already witnessed many massive protests over inequality in recent years despite a relatively vibrant economy, American newspaper The Washington Post reported. Boric turned 4 years old when […]
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Former student activist Gabriel Boric becomes Chile’s youngest president
A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile’s next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. With 56 percent of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker José Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully […]
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Chile to hold second round of presidential election on December 19
Chile will hold a runoff of the presidential election in December since none of the candidates managed to get enough votes in the first round on Sunday. With over 94 percent of the ballots counted, Chile’s far right politician Jose Antonio Kast got 27.97 percent, while his main opponent, leftist congressman Gabriel Boric, got […]
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India women football team to play Brazil, Chile, Venezuela in Manaus
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has arranged for the participation of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team in an international tournament in Manaus, where they are going to play three matches against Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. The Indian women will begin their campaign against Brazil on November 25 followed by matches against Chile on November 28, and Venezuela on December […]
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Walnuts from Chile launched in India
The season of gifting and festivities is almost here and Walnuts from Chile are in India now to be a part of our celebrations this time! ChileNut, the grower and exporter association of Chilean walnuts with the support of ProChile, the institution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that promotes […]
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Seventh round of Foreign Office Consultations held between India, Chile
The 7th Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between India and Chile were held in Santiago on 14 September 2021, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Wednesday. An MEA release stated that the Indian side was led by Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East) and the Chilean side was led by Carolina Valdivia Torres, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile. During the […]
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Chile sees 6,234 new Covid-19 cases in single day
Chile on Monday registered 6,234 new daily cases of COVID-19 and 97 more deaths in a day, raising the country’s confirmed caseload to 1,482,663 and the pandemic death toll to 30,804. Despite progress in vaccination against the virus, with nearly 60 percent of the target population fully vaccinated, cases of infection have been on the rise in […]
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Chile reports 5,176 new daily Covid-19 cases
Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris reported on Wednesday 5,176 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, for a total of 1,344,618 cases. Meanwhile, 39 more deaths were also recorded in the past day, bringing the total to 28,624. Paris added that while people continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and in the face […]
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‘Eat the rich’ graffiti spells tough times for Chilean tourism
Written in large letters on the wall in front of the upmarket Cumbres hotel in central Santiago is the simple message: “Eat the Rich.” In English, just in case the guests were in any doubt. On Friday evening, masked youths ran past, escaping the water cannons and tear gas on […]