In Chile coronavirus death toll has risen to 50% in the past week, despite a 3-week lockdown in the capital city of Santiago. Watch report.

Chile witnesses sudden surge in COVID-19 deaths

Latin America is on the way to becoming the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic after Brazil and Mexico record spike in coronavirus deaths. Brazil has recorded 1,349 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours whereas Mexico has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in one day for the first time.

Latin America witnesses surge in coronavirus cases

Chilean authorities are calling on young people to respect the measures imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and say that over 50% of coronavirus cases are people under 40-years-old.

Chilean youth flaunting guidelines pose coronavirus risk

Chile ordered a mandatory total quarantine for the capital Santiago's seven million people Wednesday after authorities reported a 60 percent spike in coronavirus infections in 24 hours

Total lockdown for Chile capital after surge in COVID-19 cases

Chile witnessed overnight spike of 60% on COVID-19 cases. 2,660 cases were reported in single day on Wednesday.

Chile witness overnight spike of 60% on COVID-19 cases; 2,660 cases in single day

A study has revealed that nearly one in five children in the United States are not getting enough food to eat due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Brookings Institution has found that more than 17 per cent of mothers with children less than 12 years of age reported that their kids were not eating enough due to lack of money.

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For patients in the critical care unit of Chile's San Borja Arriaran Hospital, recovery means long and lonely days in quarantine, cut off from contact with friends and family due to the coronavirus pandemic. But one critical care nurse is bringing tears of joy and moments of happiness to some of those patients through a pen pal letter writing program she started for them.

Pen pal letters bring joy to patients cut off from visits due to coronavirus restrictions

A hospital in Chile has installed a thermal imaging system that automatically screens its employees' temperatures in order to identify those that are running a fever and potentially infected with the new coronavirus.

Chilean hospital installs thermal cameras to screen for fever amid coronavirus fears

Antarctica is the only remaining continent in the world that has not seen a confirmed case of the new coronavirus - and Chilean authorities are working to keep it that way.

Chile works to keep Antarctica the last coronavirus-free continent

With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.

Chile drought causing water shortage amidst coronavirus crisis

A Chilean company is promoting a reusable copper mask that can be manufactured in 3D printers they say will help alleviate the deficit of face masks in demand over the spread of the coronavirus.

Chileans make reusable copper masks to face coronavirus

Chile's capital has been rocked by its worst anti government violence in weeks after stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in running battles across the city.

Chile capital rocked by violent anti-government rallies

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Hundreds of Chileans rallied Saturday night to protest what they call police repression during three months of the worst social unrest since democracy replaced the country's military dictatorship in 1990.

Chileans march against police repression during unrest

Chile's Buin Zoo is celebrating the recent birth of a rare pygmy hippopotamus, as part of its breeding programme for the endangered species.

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In a fresh round of protests, clashes erupted between thousands of demonstrators and police in Chile's Santiago on Friday. The rally took place in the Plaza Italia, which is the epicenter of the massive citizen protests against President Sebastian Pinera's government.

Chile: Violent clashes erupt in new round of protests

At least one more death has been reported in the latest wave of protests in Chile, thereby taking the death toll 29, news agency AFP reported quoting National Institute of Human Rights (NHRI).

Chile protests: Death toll climbs to 29 

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, whose government has been rocked by riots over inequality, ignited a fresh wave of anger after claiming that "many" videos on social media of police abuse of demonstrators were "fake news," and unrest was being fomented by foreign governments.

Chilean President Pinera sparks fury with fake news claims

700 left homeless as wildfire rages in Chilean port city of Valparaiso

More than 245 homes have been destroyed and 700 people left destitute after a forest fire tore through a low-income area of the Chilean seaside city of Valparaiso on Christmas Eve.

Wildfire in Chilean port city of Valparaiso leaves 700 homeless

Helicopters dropped thousands of gallons of water on the outskirts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso on Wednesday to extinguish a fire that destroyed more than 150 homes. #WION #Chile #Chilefire

Chile Christmas fire: Wildfire destroyed over 150 homes

A fire in a poor neighbourhood of the coastal Chilean city of Valparaíso destroyed dozens of houses on Tuesday and firefighters struggled to control the blaze, authorities said.

Fire in Chilean city of Valparaíso destroys about 50 homes

A Chilean Air Force cargo plane with 38 on board has disappeared from radar en route to Antarctica, Chilean air force said. "A C-130 Hercules aircraft took off at 16:55 (19:55 GMT) from the city of Punta Arenas to the President Eduardo Frei Antarctic Base.

Antarctica-bound plane 'disappears' with 38 aboard: Chilean Air Force

From France to India, the Chilean feminist chant 'the rapist is you' is being used to send out a message.

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