2023 in Chile
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The following is a list of events in the year 2023 in Chile.
Incumbents
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[edit | edit source]- 3 February: The government expands its state of emergency due to wildfires that began on 31 January and have burned up to 8,000 hectares. It also declares a catastrophe in the Biobío region amid a summer heat wave.[1]
- 19–24 February: LXII Viña del Mar International Song Festival[2]
- 29 March: Chile detects its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a 53-year-old man.[3]
- 20 October-5 November: 2023 Pan American Games[4]
- 27 October: Thousands of people gather in Santiago to rally in protest against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.[5]
- 6 November: Fourteen Venezuelan migrants are killed in a fire at a housing settlement in Coronel, Concepción.[6]
- 15 December: Chile's police arrest at least 55 people in one of the country's largest fiscal fraud cases, amounting to about $275 million and implicating small- and mid-sized companies in different parts of the country. The suspects will stand trial for tax crimes, criminal association, money laundering, customs fraud and making false declarations.[7]
- 17 December: 2023 Chilean constitutional referendum: By a margin of 56% to 44%, Chileans vote to reject the proposed new constitution drafted by the Constitutional Council.[8]
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- 1 January: Francisco Bozinovic, 63, Chilean-Croatian biologist and academic.[9]
- 4 January: Marino Penna, 93, chemical engineer and politician, deputy (1965–1973).[10]
- 6 January: Paula Quintana, 66, sociologist and politician.[11]
- 16 January: Lupe Serrano, 92, Chilean-born American ballerina.[12]
- 21 January: Stephanie Subercaseaux, 38, racing cyclist.[13]
- 11 February: Tito Fernández, 80, singer-songwriter.[14]
- 16 February: Aníbal Palma, 87, politician and diplomat, minister general secretariat of government (1973), minister of education (1972) and housing and urbanism (1973).[15]
- 22 February: Tatiana Lobo, 83, Chilean-born Costa Rican writer.[16]
- 25 February: Sixtus Josef Parzinger, 91, Austrian-Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Villarrica (2001–2009).
- 17 March: Jorge Edwards, 91, novelist and diplomat, ambassador to France (2010–2014).[17]
- 20 March: Eduardo Ravani, 81, comedian.[18]
- 26 March: Claudia Schüler, 35, field hockey player (national team).[19]
- 6 May: Néstor Matamala, 82, football manager (Motagua, Real España, Olimpia).[20]
- 22 May: Erick Pohlhammer, 68, poet.[21]
- 1 June: Pedro Messone, 88, singer, composer and actor.[22]
- 11 July: David Rosenmann-Taub, 96, poet, musician and artist.[23]
- 20 July: José Sulantay, 83, football player (Deportes La Serena) and manager (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes La Serena).[24]
- 21 July: Malú Urriola, 56, poet.[25]
- 24 July: Cecilia Pantoja, 79, singer-songwriter.[26]
- 4 August: Luis Alarcón, 93, actor (Jackal of Nahueltoro, Julio comienza en julio, Three Sad Tigers).[27]
- 17 August: Hugo Álamos Vásquez, 90, agronomic engineer and politician, deputy (1969–1973, 1990–1994).[28]
- 24 August: Belisario Velasco, 87, politician, minister of the interior (2006–2008).[29]
- 29 August:
- Hernán Chacón Soto, 86, military officer, convicted kidnapper and murderer of Víctor Jara.[30]
- Guillermo Teillier, 79, Chilean politician, deputy (2010–2022)[31]
- 10 September: Hernán Carrasco, 100, football manager (Águila, Colo-Colo, El Salvador national team).
- 18 September: Grimanesa Jiménez, 86, actress (La Colorina, Papi Ricky).[32]
- 1 October: Roberto Thieme, 80, political activist.[33]
- 5 October:Jacques Chonchol, 97, politician, minister of agriculture (1970–1972).[34]
- 18 October: Alberto Jerez Horta, 96, lawyer, visual artist and politician, senator (1969–1973) and deputy (1961–1969).[35]
- 22 October: Enrique Maluenda, 88, television host.[36]
- 28 October:Juan Álvarez, 80, footballer (San Luis, Santiago Wanderers, Deportes La Serena).[37]
- 12 November: Joan Jara, 96, British-Chilean dancer and human rights activist.[38]
- 16 November: Fernando Jara, 93, footballer (Universidad Católica, 1952 Olympics).[39]
- 17 November: Luis Larraín, 42, LGBT rights activist.[40]
- 25 November: Julio Anderson, 74, bass guitarist (Los Jaivas).[41]
- 26 November: Rodolfo Stange, 98, police officer and politician, senator (1998–2005) and member of the government junta (1985–1990).[42]
- 29 November: Luis Bates, 89, lawyer and politician, minister of justice (2003–2006).[43]
- 7 December: Pedro Velásquez, 59, politician, lawyer and convicted fraudster, deputy (2010–2014, 2018–2022) and mayor of Coquimbo (1992–2006).[44]
- 17 December: John Biehl, 84, lawyer, political scientist, and diplomat, minister secretary-general of the Presidency (1998–1999).[45]
- 21 December: Carmen Barros, 98, actress (La Fiebre del Loco, The Guest), singer and theatre director.[46]
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