Our Scans · Santiago · Weekly Summary

• Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bogota, Colombia, and Santiago, Chile, are expected to grow their e-bus fleets the most in the coming years, followed by cities like Quito, Ecuador, and Guadalajara, Mexico. C40 Cities
• An extreme heatwave is expected to hit Argentina next week, with experts warning temperatures may soar above 40 °C in parts of the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios and Santiago del Estero. Guy on Climate
• Emerging Tech Hubs: Latin American cities like Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Bogota, Cordoba, and Santiago de Chile are emerging as significant IT and software development hubs, with a projected employment of over 1.2 million programmers in the next three years. WeRemoto Blog
• The expansion into Latin America in partnership with Copec is due to kick off from Q2 of 2024, and will see GoStations installed at service stations in Santiago, Chile, and at Bogota in Colombia. New Atlas
• The Sucua Municipal Conservation and Sustainable Use Area in Ecuador will protect 17,741 hectares of threatened Amazonian ecosystems in Morona Santiago, preserving water sources for over 30,000 people and critical habitat for the endangered Humboldt's Woolly Monkey. Future Crunch
• THE operator of Santiago metro in Chile and Thales have signed two contracts for the supply and maintenance of an operations control centre for Line 7, which is due to enter service at the beginning of 2027. International Railway Journal
• Anglo American sees a potential for consumption of clean fuel in the area of 8 million people that comprises the Santiago and the Valparaiso regions, as Chile tries to decarbonize. Transport Times
• Mega-cities on every continent will face serious impacts including Lagos, Maputo, Bangkok, Dhaka, Jakarta, Mumbai, Shanghai, Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, New York, Buenos Aires and Santiago. Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Megacities on every continent will face serious impacts including Lagos, Maputo, Bangkok, Dhaka, Jakarta, Mumbai, Shanghai, Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, New York, Buenos Aires and Santiago. The Washington Post
• Santiago, Chile - To further mainstream science and innovation in the agrifood systems of Latin America and the Caribbean, and to drive their sustainable transformation, FAO and CGIAR will seek to join their efforts. CGIAR
• Santiago de Chile, Chile - Nokia today announced that it will deploy the first industrial-grade LTE private network in a port terminal in Chile at San Antonio Terminal Internacional S.A.. Yahoo
• The sixth freighter will cover the route from China to Santiago, Chile, and Sao Paulo via the U.S. Atlas Air has a partnership with LATAM Airlines that provides connecting service to Lima, Peru, and Bogota, Colombia. FreightWaves
• A Venezuelan airline will do flights from Havana to Santiago [Cuba's second city and a 12-hour drive]. The Guardian
• The new National Glacier Park will cover 75,000 hectares of Andes mountain land about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the capital Santiago. NDTV
• Air taxi flights in Spain will begin in Santiago de Compostela (AMU-LED project) and Villacarrillo, Jaen (USPACE4UAM project), as will parcel flights at Playa de Casteldefels in Barcelona. Unmanned airspace
• If electric vehicles were available to all drivers in five major LAC cities - Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; San Jose, Costa Rica; Mexico City, Mexico; and Cali, Colombia - more than 435,000 premature deaths could be avoided by 2050. D+C
• Santiago plans to fully electrify its fleet of nearly 7,000 buses by 2035.54 The total cost of ownership for e-buses, measured as the cost per kilometre driven, has already reached parity with diesel buses after accounting for e-buses' longer service life and lower energy and maintenance costs. World Economic Forum
• Under the expanded agreement, Atlas will now run daily chartered LatAm flights and has added an additional B747 - 400 F to fly between Hong Kong, China and Santiago, Chile. Parcel and Postal Technology International
• Chile's copper output sank to a seven-month low in September, on the back of labour disruptions, including an almost one-month strike at Codelco's Andina mine near the capital Santiago. Mining.com
• The LABS will establish an HQ office in Santiago, Chile, that will house the recruitment and training of blockchain product and technology talent from the Latin America corridor, such as Chile, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia, as well as surrounding universities. Yahoo

Last updated: 26 June 2025