
Chile & The World in Six
Chile & The World in Six — Thursday, August 20, 2026
Today on Chile and the World in Six: Fuel prices jump this morning with gasoline up 34.8 pesos and diesel up 97.4 pesos per liter. President Kast's constitutional security reform enters the Senate without enough votes. A new 368-bed hospital for northern Santiago finally secures land in Lampa after 14 years. Plus: used car fraud hits record levels in Chile, the Préstamo Solidario deadline approaches for over a million taxpayers, and a landmark TC ruling protects environmental reviews. Internationally, the UAE suspends all trade with Iran after missile attacks, and Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine achieves a historic Phase 3 breakthrough. Chile news in English, noticias en inglés, podcast Chile, English learning. New episodes every weekday morning on Spotify.

