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Mayor San Martín asks that Las Condes not be used to fight with the government
The mayor denied that the government had given her municipality preferential treatment and said the municipal administration has been working on its own since last week.
Las Condes mayor questions return to classes while red alert remains in effect
Catalina San Martín accused the Ministry of Education of a lack of coordination, although municipal schools in Las Condes will still open this Wednesday.
Las Condes mayor calls for a single authority to manage ravines
Catalina San Martín said debris flows are a matter of state responsibility and that Chile must address them as it does earthquakes and tsunamis.
Government weighs evacuating 70 homes in Las Condes ahead of new frontal system
Authorities flew over seven ravines in the Andean foothills and asked universities in Santiago's eastern sector to switch to online classes.
Pedro Pascal asked about the mudslide in Las Condes and confirmed a visit in December
The Chilean-American actor asked about the emergency in the capital while promoting his new film, which opens in theaters on December 3.
Kast directed the response to the Las Condes mudslide from La Moneda
El Mostrador's +Política newsletter questions the government's political leadership and highlights Bachelet's call to postpone candidacies.
Santiago firefighters mobilize at stations from 18:00 ahead of new weather front
The institution divided ravines in Las Condes and Lo Barnechea affected by the October 8 surge into sectors and will deploy fire companies to those areas.
San Bernardo mayor accuses central government of neglect after flooding
Christopher White called on the Ministry of Public Works to build stormwater drains and compared the state response in his municipality with the response Las Condes receives.
Ten municipalities in the Metropolitan Region suspend classes on Tuesday amid red alert for more heavy rain
The government established safety zones in Las Condes, Puente Alto and Talagante, and Santiago firefighters were confined to their stations from 18:00 on Monday.
Providencia and La Reina have already spent nearly 90% of their emergency funds
Las Condes, hit by the mudslide in San Carlos de Apoquindo, still has two-thirds of its more than $2 billion in contingency funds.
Classes suspended on Tuesday, October 20 in 10 municipalities in the Metropolitan Region
Claudio Alvarado, minister of both portfolios, announced the measure for municipalities still under Red Alert, including Puente Alto, La Florida and Las Condes.
Lula won among Brazilians who voted in Santiago
At the five polling stations set up in Las Condes, the Brazilian president received 1,100 votes and his far-right rival received 937.
Helmuth Reichel conducts the National Youth Symphony Orchestra in Valparaíso and Santiago
FOJI's youth orchestra will perform works by Shostakovich, Arutiunian and Prokofiev on October 24 and 26, with free admission in Las Condes.
Ángel Marentis, Francisca Crovetto’s first shooting coach, dies
The Ovalle native, world runner-up in 1965 and Alfonso de Iruarrizaga’s coach at Seoul 1988, will be laid to rest this Saturday in Las Condes.
Duoc UC resumes in-person classes in San Carlos de Apoquindo after mudslide
The Las Condes campus was closed to the public for 17 days and will reopen with reinforced containment barriers and flexibility in assessments at first.
Navy resumes search for María Soledad Baasch along the Santo Domingo coast
The 60-year-old woman left Las Condes in a rental car on October 8, and cameras recorded her walking alone toward Santa María beach.
Government reports minor damage from frontal system and keeps emergency in place
Dual-portfolio ministers Alvarado and de Grange credited preventive works for the storm's limited impact, though critical areas are still being monitored.
Government says works in Quebrada Honda are withstanding the new weather front
Ministers Alvarado and De Grange, who each hold two portfolios, toured the ravine in Las Condes and reported evacuations in Puente Alto and Talagante due to the rain.
Government to establish three security perimeters in Metropolitan Region ahead of weather front
Las Condes, Puente Alto and Talagante will have restricted-access zones, based on technical reports from Sernageomin and the Meteorological Directorate.
Frontal system brings hail, flooding and a red alert across the Metropolitan Region
Metro closed Departamental station, a street market flooded in Cerro Navia, and Talagante called for the evacuation of an informal settlement beside the Mapocho River.