2021 in Chile explained

Events in the year 2021 in Chile.

See also: 2021 in South America.

Incumbents

• President: Sebastián Piñera (RN)

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

January to March

• 4 January - The University Transition Test that replaced the PSU is carried out, with fewer questions and with a strict health protocol due to the pandemic.
• 7 January – Former GOPE sergeant Carlos Alarcón is found guilty of the murder of Camilo Catrillanca.^[1] A few days later he is sentenced to 16 years in prison.^[2]
• 30 January – A fire at San Borja Arriarán hospital in Santiago required 20 companies of firefighters to control, but the patients were all safely evacuated to nearby hospitals.^[3]
• 5 February – Hundreds protest and municipal buildings are set on fire in Panguipulli after police kill a street performer.^[4]
• 10 February – The government announces it will deport 2,000 undocumented immigrants, mostly from Venezuela. The town of Colchane, Tamarugal Province, has expanded from a population of 300 to 1,700 since 1 February.^[5]
• 11 February – Mónica Zalaquett, Minister of Women and Gender Equity, condemns comments by councilor Iván Roca (Independent Democratic Union) of Lota, Biobío Region, excusing his 33-year-old son′s rape of a 12-year-old girl because the girl had ″the body of a woman″.^[6]
• 15 February – COVID-19: 779,541 total cases since the outbreak of the pandemic, 19,624 deaths, 2,147,272 doses of vaccine administered^[7]
• 4 March – Tsunami alert following earthquakes near the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand^[8]

Scheduled events

• 10-11 April – Scheduled date for the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election. President Piñera proposed holding the election in May to allow greater vaccination.^[9]
• 21 November – Scheduled date for the 2021 Chilean general election, to elect the President and National Congress. In the 2021 elections 27 members of the Senate (out of a total of maximum 50) will be elected, replacing 20 outgoing senators.^[10]

Deaths

• 3 January – Manola Robles, journalist (b. 1948).^[11]
• 20 January - Mario Gutiérrez, musician, member of Los Ángeles Negros (b. 1949)^[12]
• 22 January - Juan Guzmán Tapia, judge (Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trial), (b. 1939).^[13]
• 27 January – Ignacio Tejeda, 17, tennis player; cancer.^[14]
• 31 January - Oliver Welden, award-winning poet (born 1946)^[15]
• 7 February – Mario Osbén, 69, footballer (Colo-Colo, Cobreloa, national team); heart attack.^[16]
• 10 March – Tomás Vidiella, 83, film director and actor; COVID-19.^[17]
• 13 March – Uruguay Graffigna, 73, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (San Luis de Quillota, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle); complications from COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease.^[18]
• 19 March – Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, jazz trumpeter; COVID-19.^[19]
• 27 March – Eugenio Mimica Barassi, 71, writer (born 1949).^[20]
• 8 April – Elsa Bolívar, 91, painter.^[21]
• 22 April – Armando Jofré, 44, artist and puppet maker (31 Minutos); COVID-19.^[22]
• 6 May – Humberto Maturana, 92, philosopher and biologist (born 1928).^[23]
• 25 July – Fernando Karadima, 90, catholic priest accused of sexual abuse (born 1930).^[24]
• 25 September – Patricio Manns, 84, singer (born 1973)^[25]
• 3 October – Jorge Medina, 94, cardinal (born 1926).^[26]
• 5 October – Reinaldo Solari, 96, businessman (born 1925).^[27]

See also

• Pacific Alliance
• COVID-19 in South America

Notes and References

1. News: Caso Catrillanca: Ex sargento Carlos Alarcón es declarado culpable de homicidio simple . February 1, 2021 . cnn chile . January 7, 2021 . es-ES.
2. News: Carlos Alarcón es condenado a 16 años de cárcel por caso Catrillanca . February 1, 2021 . cnn chile . January 28, 2021 . es-ES.
3. News: Un gran incendio afectó al sector pediátrico del hospital San Borja Arriarán de Santiago de Chile: evacuaron a los pacientes . January 30, 2021 . infobae . January 30, 2021 . es-ES.
4. News: Protests erupt in Chile after police fatally shoot street juggler . February 6, 2021 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . February 6, 2021 . en.
5. News: Anfossi . Aldo . Expulsará gobierno chileno a casi 2 mil migrantes, la mayoría venezolanos . February 10, 2021 . jornada.com.mx . La Jornada . February 10, 2021 . es.
6. News: Torres . Cristián . Escándalo en Chile por un político que defendió a su hijo acusado de violar a una niña de 12 años: "tenía cuerpo de mujer" . February 11, 2021 . infobae . February 11, 2021 . es-ES.
7. Web site: Coronavirus (COVID-19) . Google News . February 16, 2021 . en.
8. News: Chile emitió una alerta roja ante la amenaza de tsunami tras el sismo en Nueva Zelanda . March 6, 2021 . infobae . March 4, 2021 . es-ES.
9. News: El presidente de Chile pidió aplazar las elecciones previstas para abril por la nueva ola de COVID-19 . March 29, 2021 . infobae . March 29, 2021 . es-ES.
10. Web site: Chile: Senado (Senate): Electoral system . ipu.org . 3 January 2021.
11. Web site: Comunidad universitaria lamenta fallecimiento de la destacada periodista Manola Robles . uchile.cl . es . 6 January 2021 . 3 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210103161109/https://www.uchile.cl/noticias/172156/u-de-chile-lamenta-fallecimiento-de-manola-robles-delgado . dead .
12. Web site: Amor, adiós: muere Mario Gutiérrez, histórico líder y fundador de Los Ángeles Negros. 21 January 2021. La Tercera. 6 August 2023.
13. Web site: Fallece Juan Guzmán Tapia, el juez que procesó a Augusto Pinochet. www.24horas.cl. 6 August 2023.
14. News: Profundo dolor en el deporte por la muerte del tenista Ignacio Tejeda a los 17 años . January 27, 2021 . infobae . January 27, 2021 . es-ES.
15. Web site: Oliver Welden (1946-2021) - Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. www.memoriachilena.gob.cl. 6 August 2023.
16. Web site: Fallece el Gato Osbén, icónico arquero del fútbol chileno. Álvaro. Poblete. 7 February 2021. La Tercera. 6 August 2023.
17. Web site: Muere Tomás Vidiella, el reconocido actor que cubrió teatro, TV y café concert. Natalia. Morales. 10 March 2021. La Tercera. 6 August 2023.
18. https://web.observador.cl/a-los-73-anos-fallecio-pedro-uruguay-graffigna-idolo-de-san-luis-de-quillota/ A los 73 años falleció Uruguay Graffigna, ídolo de San Luis de Quillota
19. Web site: Muere Cristián Cuturrufo: adiós al hombre imprescindible del jazz chileno. Claudio Vergara y Pablo Retamal. N. 20 March 2021. La Tercera. 6 August 2023.
20. Web site: A los 71 años muere el escritor magallánico Eugenio Mimica Barassi . laprensaaustral.cl . 27 March 2021 . es . 30 March 2021 .
21. Web site: MAC lamenta el fallecimiento de artista Elsa Bolivar. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409174850/http://mac.uchile.cl/prensa/noticia/mac-lamenta-el-fallecimiento-de-artista-elsa-bolivar. dead. 9 April 2021.
22. Web site: Falleció creador de los títeres de 31 Minutos a causa del COVID-19. 22 April 2021 .
23. Web site: A los 92 años falleció Humberto Maturana. 6 May 2021. El Periodista.
24. Web site: 2021-07-26. Former Chilean priest at center of abuse scandal dies at 90. 2021-07-27. Reuters.
25. Web site: A los 84 años fallece Patricio Manns, escritor y cantautor clave de la Nueva Canción Chilena. 25 September 2021. El Mostrador. 6 August 2023.
26. Web site: Falleció el Cardenal Jorge Medina Estévez. www.iglesia.cl. 6 August 2023.
27. Web site: A los 96 años fallece Reinaldo Solari uno de los fundadores de Falabella. 5 October 2021 .