2021 in Chile
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
January to March
- 4 January - The University Transition Test that replaced the PSU is carried out, with fewer questions and with a strict health protocol due to the pandemic.
- 7 January – Former GOPE sergeant Carlos Alarcón is found guilty of the murder of Camilo Catrillanca.[1] A few days later he is sentenced to 16 years in prison.[2]
- 30 January – A fire at San Borja Arriarán hospital in Santiago required 20 companies of firefighters to control, but the patients were all safely evacuated to nearby hospitals.[3]
- 5 February – Hundreds protest and municipal buildings are set on fire in Panguipulli after police kill a street performer.[4]
- 10 February – The government announces it will deport 2,000 undocumented immigrants, mostly from Venezuela. The town of Colchane, Tamarugal Province, has expanded from a population of 300 to 1,700 since 1 February.[5]
- 11 February – Mónica Zalaquett, Minister of Women and Gender Equity, condemns comments by councilor Iván Roca (Independent Democratic Union) of Lota, Biobío Region, excusing his 33-year-old son′s rape of a 12-year-old girl because the girl had ″the body of a woman″.[6]
- 15 February – COVID-19: 779,541 total cases since the outbreak of the pandemic, 19,624 deaths, 2,147,272 doses of vaccine administered[7]
- 4 March – Tsunami alert following earthquakes near the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand[8]
Scheduled events
- 10-11 April – Scheduled date for the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election. President Piñera proposed holding the election in May to allow greater vaccination.[9]
- 21 November – Scheduled date for the 2021 Chilean general election, to elect the President and National Congress. In the 2021 elections 27 members of the Senate (out of a total of maximum 50) will be elected, replacing 20 outgoing senators.[10]
Deaths
- 3 January – Manola Robles, journalist (b. 1948).[11]
- 20 January - Mario Gutiérrez, musician, member of Los Ángeles Negros (b. 1949)[12]
- 22 January - Juan Guzmán Tapia, judge (Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trial), (b. 1939).[13]
- 27 January – Ignacio Tejeda, 17, tennis player; cancer.[14]
- 7 February – Mario Osbén, 69, footballer (Colo-Colo, Cobreloa, national team); heart attack.[15]
- 10 March – Tomás Vidiella, 83, film director and actor; COVID-19.[16]
- 13 March – Uruguay Graffigna, 73, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (San Luis de Quillota, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle); complications from COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease.[17]
- 19 March – Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, jazz trumpeter; COVID-19.[18]
- 27 March – Eugenio Mimica Barassi, 71, writer (born 1949).[19]
- 8 April – Elsa Bolívar, 91, painter.[20]
- 22 April – Armando Jofré, 44, artist and puppet maker (31 Minutos); COVID-19.[21]
- 6 May – Humberto Maturana, 92, philosopher and biologist (born 1928).[22]
- 25 July – Fernando Karadima, 90, catholic priest accused of sexual abuse (born 1930).[23]
- 25 September – Patricio Manns, 84, singer (born 1973)[24]
- 3 October – Jorge Medina, 94, cardinal (born 1926).[25]
- 5 October – Reinaldo Solari, 96, businessman (born 1925).[26]
References
- "Caso Catrillanca: Ex sargento Carlos Alarcón es declarado culpable de homicidio simple". cnn chile (in European Spanish). CNN Chile. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- "Carlos Alarcón es condenado a 16 años de cárcel por caso Catrillanca". cnn chile (in European Spanish). CNN Chile. January 28, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- "Un gran incendio afectó al sector pediátrico del hospital San Borja Arriarán de Santiago de Chile: evacuaron a los pacientes". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- "Protests erupt in Chile after police fatally shoot street juggler". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- Anfossi, Aldo (February 10, 2021). "Expulsará gobierno chileno a casi 2 mil migrantes, la mayoría venezolanos". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- Torres, Cristián (February 11, 2021). "Escándalo en Chile por un político que defendió a su hijo acusado de violar a una niña de 12 años: "tenía cuerpo de mujer"". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- "Coronavirus (COVID-19)". Google News. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- "Chile emitió una alerta roja ante la amenaza de tsunami tras el sismo en Nueva Zelanda". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- "El presidente de Chile pidió aplazar las elecciones previstas para abril por la nueva ola de COVID-19". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- "Chile: Senado (Senate): Electoral system". ipu.org. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Comunidad universitaria lamenta fallecimiento de la destacada periodista Manola Robles". uchile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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- "Profundo dolor en el deporte por la muerte del tenista Ignacio Tejeda a los 17 años". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- Fallece el Gato Osbén, icónico arquero del fútbol chileno (in Spanish)
- Muere Tomás Vidiella, el reconocido actor que cubrió teatro, TV y café concert (in Spanish)
- A los 73 años falleció Uruguay Graffigna, ídolo de San Luis de Quillota Archived 2021-03-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Muere Cristián Cuturrufo: adiós al hombre imprescindible del jazz chileno (in Spanish)
- "A los 71 años muere el escritor magallánico Eugenio Mimica Barassi". laprensaaustral.cl (in Spanish). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- MAC lamenta el fallecimiento de artista Elsa Bolivar (in Spanish)
- "Falleció creador de los títeres de 31 Minutos a causa del COVID-19". 22 April 2021.
- "A los 92 años falleció Humberto Maturana". El Periodista. 6 May 2021.
- "Former Chilean priest at center of abuse scandal dies at 90". Reuters. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- A los 84 años fallece Patricio Manns, escritor y cantautor clave de la Nueva Canción Chilena
- "Falleció el Cardenal Jorge Medina Estévez".
- "A los 96 años fallece Reinaldo Solari uno de los fundadores de Falabella". 5 October 2021.
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