The United States Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons U.S. Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons participated in a dialogue on relations with South America held at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., on January 22  with the U.S. ambassadors to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In that conversation, Ambassador Simons commented on President-elect Sebastian Piñera and bilateral relations, underscoring... 

Chilean civil servants are on strike today, after last week’s protests.  Civil servants are still requesting a general pay rise of 8 to 10 per cent for salaries below 800 thousand pesos. During the last negotiations, the government only agreed to a 2.5 per cent increase. This time, health workers are also joining the movement and are calling on patients to turn to health services in case of emergency...