• President: Michelle Bachelet (Socialist)

January edit

• January 3: In Reñaca a sewage pipe breaks, and causes flooding on Borgoño Street all the way to the beach. When the break first occurs, human feces could be seen flowing in the street.
• January 11: The second Summit of Chilean Rock is held.
• January 21: Details about the Mirage Case emerge, which see the sees the ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Air Force, Ramón Vega Hidalgo involved in the scandal. Repercussions were felt in branches of military and civil service, among organizations such as the Chilean Air Force, and also by relevant people involved in the purchase of the Mirage aircraft, such as ex-presidents Patricio Aylwin and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle.

December edit

• December 11 – In Cerro Paranal, the VISTA survey telescope begins work at the Paranal Observatory.^[1]