Geography ❯ South America

Chile

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Chile Declares Preventive National Hantavirus Alert for 13 Regions

The measure speeds surveillance, specialist hiring and direct procurement to respond to an unusually high hantavirus lethality this year.

Three Rescued After Week Trapped in Cajón del Maipo, Case Turns Into Public Scandal

El Niño Storms Flood Northern and Central Chile, Leave Dozens Dead and 100,000 Cut Off

Portillo Buried by More Than Four Meters of Snow as Resort and Border Pass Remain Closed

Two SKY Airline Flights Diverted to Mendoza After Engine Ice Detected

Armed Robbery of World Cup 2026 Sticker Wholesaler in Santiago Caught on Video

Cristo Redentor Border Crossing Closed after Heavy Snow in the High Andes

Nevados de Chillán Raised to Yellow After Pyroclastic Pulses

Chile Seizes More Than 100 Tons of Drugs Hidden in Bolivian Wood Shipments

Chile Seizes More Than 100 Tonnes of Drugs Hidden in Timber Bound for Europe

Strong Earthquake Rocks Northern Chile, Felt in Southern Peru as Agencies Report Different Magnitudes

Argentine Woman Who Reported Being Followed Found Safe After Five Days in Chile

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama, Chile

SBS Begins Paying Deposits Above Insurance Cap for Caja Del Centro

Strong M6.8–6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama, Chile

Chile’s Supreme Court Clears Robinson Crusoe Treasure Hunt Under Strict Environmental Rules

Cristo Redentor Reopens After Snow With Pehuenche Still Closed

Search Persists for Argentine Climber Missing on Chile’s Llaima Volcano

Two Peruvian Fishermen Found Dead After Chile Capsize as Search Continues for Third

Study Redates Chile’s Monte Verde to Under 8,200 Years