Chile

Port Strike Turns Violent In Chile, Complicates Fruit Exports

A month-long worker's strike and protests in Chile's flagship port of Valparaiso turned increasingly violent and spread to other ports along the nation's P...

Chilean Company Creates Water-Soluble Bag In Fight Against Plastic

Chilean company Solubag has introduced a new water-soluble plastic bag as part of the fight to reduce plastic pollution in oceans around the world. A Stat...

Pet Project? Nestlé Buys Majority Stake In Dog Food Group

Nestle's Purina PetCare division has acquired a majority stake in Tails.com, a British tailor-made dog food company, from venture capital group Draper Espr...

Nestlé Opens $120 Million Pet Food Factory In Chile

Nestlé has opened a new $120 million pet food factory in Teno, Chile, which will produce food for dogs and cats to meet the growing demand in Latin...

To Save Chilean Wine, Producers Head South

Faced with increasingly inhospitable growing conditions, the Chilean wine industry is moving south and experimenting with new vines. Deep in Chile'...

Pricey Chilean Brewer Takes On AB InBev In Turf War

Euphoria in Chile is making its largest brewer look much, much better than it really is. Shares of Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA are trading near record hig...

Freak Weather Hits Top Chilean Producer Vina Concha y Toro

Carmenere’s poised to get even more exclusive. Freak weather has Chile’s largest wine producer, Vina Concha y Toro SA, underperforming its L...

Campari Group Sells Lapostolle For €30 Million

Campari Group has signed an agreement to dispose of the Lapostolle wine business in Chile for €30 million. The sale consists of Chilean wines and p...