SANTIAGO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Unemployment in Chile reached 8.5 percent in the last quarter of 2023, an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared to the same period of 2022, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported on Tuesday.
SANTIAGO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed in a traffic accident early Monday on a highway in south Chile's Maule region, the local fire department said.
SANTIAGO, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Chilean financial market analysts raised the country's inflation forecast for 2022 to 11 percent, higher than last month's estimate, the Central Bank of Chile said Tuesday.
SANTIAGO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean economy grew 5.4 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2022, lower than the corrected growth of 7.4 percent in the first quarter, the Central Bank of Chile announced Thursday.
SANTIAGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chile's economy is "adjusting" to reduce inflationary pressures, Finance Minister Mario Marcel said Friday, following lower than expected growth in the second quarter of 2022.
SANTIAGO, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chile's economy will grow between 1.75 percent and 2.25 percent in 2022, and it will expand below its potential for several more quarters, given global inflationary pressure, the Central Bank of Chile projected Wednesday.
SANTIAGO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Chile on Friday reported 2,771 COVID-19 infections and 38 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, for a cumulative total of 3,525,845 cases and 57,205 deaths, the Ministry of Health said.
SANTIAGO, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chile's Health Ministry on Thursday reported 9,414 new cases of COVID-19 and 155 more related deaths in 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 3,426,147 and the pandemic death toll to 56,147.
SANTIAGO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chile recorded 8,247 COVID-19 infections and 75 deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 3,434,908 cases and 56,222 deaths, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
SANTIAGO, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chile registered 2,515 new COVID-19 cases and eight related deaths in the past 24 hours, for a total of 3,535,534 confirmed cases and 57,283 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris on Tuesday expressed his concern at holiday shopping crowds at a time when cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are already on the rise.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 2,564 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number since July, which occurred amid a 37 percent rise in infections nationwide over the past two weeks.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chile on Thursday began to vaccinate its population against the novel coronavirus, after the arrival of the first 10,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chile registered a 28 percent increase in the number of new COVID-19 infections in the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health said Monday.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chile reported 1,498 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 575,329, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chile's COVID-19 death toll neared 16,000 on Wednesday, after 10 more single-day fatalities from the novel coronavirus disease increased the number of dead to 15,959.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Institute of International Studies at the University of Chile on Tuesday launched the book "Relations Between Chile and China: A comprehensive approach" in celebration of 50th anniversary of Chile-China diplomatic ties.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chile will begin vaccinating its population against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the first three months of 2021, starting with high-risk groups, Health Minister Enrique Paris said Monday.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ten regions of Chile have seen an increase in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, while another six reported a decline in the number of cases, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.
SANTIAGO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Saturday called for increased global efforts to combat climate change, setting "ambitious" goals to achieve carbon neutrality and move toward sustainable development.