Unemployment in Chile has reached a new record high of 13.1 percent, the national statistics institute said Friday.
Unemployment rose by 5.6 percentage points in the rolling May-July quarter compared to the same period in 2019.
The statistics institute said it was the highest figure since 2010 when the body changed its calculation method.
That means that more than a million people are out of work, leaving 8.1 million employed after the loss of 1.8 million jobs over the last year.
However, the unemployment figure doesn’t take into account the 760,000 people that took advantage of a government initiative launched …
More than a thousand women have taken the feminist anthem “A Rapist In Your Way” into the streets of Chile’s capital Santiago, performing the rallying cry sung in cities across the globe.
Created by Chilean feminist collective Las Tesis and first performed last month, the song slams violence against women and is accompanied by dance moves.
Those taking part often wear a black blindfold and a handkerchief tied around the neck.
AFP / Javier TORRESIn Chile, women are paid 15 percent less than men on average“I am not the guilty one, not because of where I’m from or
Chile confirmed Thursday that a military plane with 38 people aboard crashed in the sea, with no hope of finding survivors.
“The condition of the plane wreckage that was found makes it practically impossible that there are survivors from this air accident,” Air Force chief Arturo Merino told a news conference in the southern port of Punta Arenas.
Merino, flanked by Defense Minister Alberto Espina and other officials, confirmed reports that remains recovered from the sea were “most likely to be body parts of those traveling on the C-130.”
Parts of the aircraft’s landing gear, fuel system, wing and …
Chile confirmed Thursday that human remains and debris found by search ships are from a military plane reported missing with 38 people aboard, and the chances of finding survivors is “practically impossible.”
“The condition of the plane wreckage that was found makes it practically impossible that there are survivors from this air accident,” Air Force chief Arturo Merino told a news conference in the southern port of Punta Arenas.
Merino, flanked by Defense Minister Alberto Espina and other officials, confirmed reports that human remains had also been recovered from the sea.
“Along with the parts of the plane that have …
A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard has gone missing after it took off from the country’s south for a base in Antarctica and is presumed to have crashed, authorities have said.
Seventeen of those on board the C-130 aircraft were crew and the others were passengers, Chile’s air force said Monday.
The plane is believed to have crashed and “all national and international air and maritime means available in the area are continuing the search (for survivors) in the sector where communications were lost with the aircraft,” it added in a statement Tuesday.
The four-engine aircraft took off …
Protesters clashed with police as thousands took to the streets of Chile’s capital Friday for a demonstration that marked 50 days since the outbreak of the country’s worst civil unrest in decades.
Furious Chileans have for weeks been protesting social and economic inequality, and against an entrenched political elite that comes from a small number of the wealthiest families in the country, among other issues.
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The crisis is the worst in three decades of Chilean democracy and has led to 26 deaths and more than 12,000 injuries, according to …
Chileans are to vote on whether they want a new constitution in a referendum in April next year, representatives of the conservative government coalition and the opposition said.
The text of a new constitution is then to be put to the voters in another plebiscite.
“We want a peaceful and constructive way out of the crisis,’’ Senate President Jaime Quintana asserted.
“We will for the first time have a 100 per cent democratic constitution.’’
Pinera has reshuffled his government and announced a series of measures aimed at placating protesters.
But they
Santiago, Chile – Gabriel del Campo said he was peacefully protesting in the small square of a quiet Santiago neighbourhood last week when things quickly turned violent.
“It was very peaceful. Lots of families,” he told Al Jazeera, adding they were taking part in a “cacerolazo”, a non-violent form of protest where crowds bang pots and pans.
Before long, police forcefully entered into the crowd, throwing tear gas, he said.
“There were children, babies – I was next to an old man with a walking stick” he added.
To protect those around him, Del Campo said he kicked a smoking
Throughout Friday, protestors clashed with riot police in several parts of the capital and the subway system was shut after attacks on stations in some of the worst violence the city has seen in years.
At least 16 buses were torched and a dozen metro stations totally destroyed.
Around midnight President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency and appointed Major General Javier Iturriaga del Campo as
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