2024 in Chile

See also: 2024 in South America

The following is a list of events in the year 2024 in Chile.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2024 Timeline of Chilean history

Incumbents

• President: Gabriel Boric (CS)
• Minister of the Interior and Public Security: Carolina Tohá

Events

February

• 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

• 15–17 March – Lollapalooza Chile 2024 at Parque Cerrillos, Santiago.^[4]

April

• 27 April: Three Carabineros are killed in an ambush in Biobío Region.^[5]

May

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 27 October:
  • 2024 Chilean municipal elections
  • 2024 Chilean regional elections

Art and entertainment

• List of Chilean submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Chile

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

• 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.