2024 in Chile
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The following is a list of events in the year 2024 in Chile.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]Events
[edit | edit source]February
[edit | edit source]- 1-5 February: 2024 Chile wildfire season – Chile declares a state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 131 people across the country. Multiple fires are reported in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar.[1]
- 6 February: Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera - Former two-time president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash near the town of Lago Ranco.[2]
- 21 February: Venezuelan military refugee Ronald Ojeda is kidnapped and later found dead in Maipú.[3]
March
[edit | edit source]- 15–17 March – Lollapalooza Chile 2024 at Parque Cerrillos, Santiago.[4]
April
[edit | edit source]- 27 April: Three Carabineros are killed in an ambush in Biobío Region.[5]
May
[edit | edit source]- 25 May: 2024 Chile wildfires – A firefighter and a CONAF official are arrested on suspicion of arson in a fire that killed 137 people in Viña del Mar.[6]
June
[edit | edit source]- 13 June: One person is killed during heavy rains and storms across central and southern Chile.[7] In connection to the rainfall the mines of Grupo Minero Las Cenizas in the Cabildo district suffered a tailings-mush spill impacting the waters of Ligua River and in the ravine of Quebrada Chincorro.[8][9]
- 20 June: A freight train collides with another train conducting a test run in San Bernardo, killing two people and injuring nine others.[10]
July
[edit | edit source]- 18 July: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes 45 km east-south-east of San Pedro de Atacama,[11] killing one person in Calama.[12]
August
[edit | edit source]- 13-16 August: Workers at the Escondida copper mine go on strike following a breakdown in negotiations with its majority owner BHP over pay.[13]
October
[edit | edit source]- 2 October: A total solar eclipse occurs over Easter Island and the Chilean Patagonia.[14]
- 23 October: A molotov cocktail explodes inside a high school in Santiago, injuring 34 students and one teacher.[15]
November
[edit | edit source]- 8 November: Julia Chuñil goes missing.[16]
- 14 November: Former deputy interior minister Manuel Monsalve is arrested on suspicion of raping a female ministry employee at a hotel.[17]
Scheduled
[edit | edit source]Art and entertainment
[edit | edit source]Holidays
[edit | edit source]Source:[18]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 30 March – Easter Saturday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 21 May – Navy Day
- 21 June – National Day of Aboriginal Peoples
- 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
- 16 July – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 18 September – Independence Day
- 19 September – Army Day
- 14 October – Day of the Race
- 31 October – Reformation Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 8 December – Immaculate Conception
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- 6 January – Ricardo Gálvez, 90, lawyer, judge and academic, justice of the Supreme Court (1998–2008).[19]
- 6 February - Sebastian Piñera, 74, politician, president and ex-president of Chile (2010 - 2014, 2018 - 2022).
- 15 October - Antonio Skármeta, 83, writer, scriptwriter and director.
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External links
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