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Environmental issues in Chile include deforestation, water scarcity, pollution, soil erosion, climate change, and biodiversity loss, especially in its industry-heavy "sacrifice zones". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The country of Chile is a virtual continental island that spans over (2,600 miles) 4,200 kilometers.
Chile began to experience a drought in 2010 and by 2020, precipitation was 20–45% of average nationally and 10–20% of average in the area of Santiago. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] According to René D. Garreaud, of the University of Chile , the drought was the most extreme in the area in over 1,000 years. [ 1 ]
On 25 October 2019, over 1.2 million people took to the streets of Santiago to protest against social inequality in what was called "the biggest march of Chile." [32] [33] As of 28 December 2019, 29 people had died, [34] nearly 2,500 had been injured, and 2,840 had been arrested.
Electricity providers across Chile scrambled to restore service Tuesday after a sweeping blackout plunged 90% of the country into darkness, stranding commuters, knocking cell service offline and ...
Chile's police on Friday arrested at least 55 people in a fiscal fraud case that could be one of the biggest in the country's history, amounting to about $275 million and implicating small and mid ...
In 2015, 99% of the population of Chile had access to "improved" water, of which 99.6% were in urban and 93% in rural areas, and over 180 thousand people lacked access to "improved" water. For sanitation in Chile, in 2015, 99% of the population had access to "improved" sanitation, with 100% and 90%, in urban and rural areas, respectively ...
Chile has been suffering from a megadrought since 2010 – the worst for a thousand years. [3] [4] These drought conditions exacerbate summer fires because the vegetation becomes more flammable. [5] Since 30 January 2023, the Ñuble region has maintained a preventive early warning due to the threat of forest fires as a result of high ...
The Biggest Problems Facing Social Security. John Csiszar. April 23, 2022 at 1:30 PM. Kameleon007 / Getty Images. Social Security is one of the most hotly debated social programs in America.