2023 in Chile

Decades:	2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ; ;
See also:	Other events of 2023; Timeline of Chilean history;

The following is a list of events in the year 2023 in Chile.

Incumbents[edit]

President:
- Gabriel Boric (CS)

Events[edit]

3 February: The government expands its state of emergency due to wildfires that began on 31 January and have burned up to 8,000 hectares. It also declares a catastrophe in the Biobío region amid a summer heat wave.^[1]
19–24 February: LXII Viña del Mar International Song Festival^[2]
29 March: Chile detects its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a 53-year-old man.^[3]

20 October-5 November: 2023 Pan American Games^[4]
27 October: Thousands of people gather in Santiago to rally in protest against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.^[5]
6 November: Fourteen Venezuelan migrants are killed in a fire at a housing settlement in Coronel, Concepción.^[6]

Deaths[edit]

1 January: Francisco Bozinovic, 63, Chilean-Croatian biologist and academic.^[7]
4 January: Marino Penna, 93, chemical engineer and politician, deputy (1965–1973).^[8]
6 January: Paula Quintana, 66, sociologist and politician.^[9]
16 January: Lupe Serrano, 92, Chilean-born American ballerina.^[10]
21 January: Stephanie Subercaseaux, 38, racing cyclist.^[11]
11 February: Tito Fernández, 80, singer-songwriter.^[12]
16 February: Aníbal Palma, 87, politician and diplomat, minister general secretariat of government (1973), minister of education (1972) and housing and urbanism (1973).^[13]
22 February: Tatiana Lobo, 83, Chilean-born Costa Rican writer.^[14]

References[edit]

^ "Thirteen dead as fires blaze through south-central Chile". Reuters. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
^ "Vuelve en 2023 el Festival de Viña tras dos años suspendido". LaTercera.com. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "Chile detects first case of bird flu in a human". Reuters. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
^ Livingstone, Robert (4 November 2017). "Santiago To Host 2023 Pan American Games". www.gamesbids.com/. GamesBids. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ agoOovvuu, 22 hours (2023-10-26), Thousands rally in Chilean capital Santiago to protest against Israeli military's actions in Gaza, retrieved 2023-10-27{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "14 Venezuelan migrants killed in Chile fire: mayor's office". English.Mathrubhumi. 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
^ ADN. "Fallece Francisco Bozinovic, destacado biólogo y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ OvalleHOY, Equipo (2023-01-04). "Muere Marino Penna Miranda, ex diputado y alcalde subrogante de Ovalle" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ Martínez, Catalina (2023-01-06). "Fallece Paula Quintana, exministra de Michelle Bachelet". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ Paixão, Ana Claudia (2023-01-19). "Lupe Serrano paved the way for Latino dancers" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ Rivera, Luis (2023-02-01). "Evalúan querella de suicidio femicida tras la muerte de la ciclista Stephanie Subercaseaux". El Dínamo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ "Tito Fernández alias "El Temucano" muere a los 80 años". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ Sepúlveda, Rodrigo Verdejo y Arnaldo (2023-02-17). "Muere a los 87 años Aníbal Palma, exministro de Salvador Allende". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ "Murió la escritora contundente y valiente Tatiana Lobo • Semanario Universidad". semanariouniversidad.com (in Spanish). 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[1] "Thirteen dead as fires blaze through south-central Chile". Reuters. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04.

[2] "Vuelve en 2023 el Festival de Viña tras dos años suspendido". LaTercera.com. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[3] "Chile detects first case of bird flu in a human". Reuters. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-04-07.

[auto-4] Livingstone, Robert (4 November 2017). "Santiago To Host 2023 Pan American Games". www.gamesbids.com/. GamesBids. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[5] Oovvuu, 22 hours (2023-10-26), Thousands rally in Chilean capital Santiago to protest against Israeli military's actions in Gaza, retrieved 2023-10-27{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[6] "14 Venezuelan migrants killed in Chile fire: mayor's office". English.Mathrubhumi. 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.

[7] ADN. "Fallece Francisco Bozinovic, destacado biólogo y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[8] OvalleHOY, Equipo (2023-01-04). "Muere Marino Penna Miranda, ex diputado y alcalde subrogante de Ovalle" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[9] Martínez, Catalina (2023-01-06). "Fallece Paula Quintana, exministra de Michelle Bachelet". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[10] Paixão, Ana Claudia (2023-01-19). "Lupe Serrano paved the way for Latino dancers" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[11] Rivera, Luis (2023-02-01). "Evalúan querella de suicidio femicida tras la muerte de la ciclista Stephanie Subercaseaux". El Dínamo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[12] "Tito Fernández alias "El Temucano" muere a los 80 años". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[13] Sepúlveda, Rodrigo Verdejo y Arnaldo (2023-02-17). "Muere a los 87 años Aníbal Palma, exministro de Salvador Allende". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[14] "Murió la escritora contundente y valiente Tatiana Lobo • Semanario Universidad". semanariouniversidad.com (in Spanish). 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

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