President Sebastián Piñera said the decision had caused him "pain" but his government needed "to prioritise re-establishing public order".
The COP25 climate summit was scheduled for 2 to 13 December, while the Apec trade forum was next month.
The UN said it was now looking at alternative venues.
World leaders were to gather at this year's Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss the implementation of the Paris Accord - a landmark international climate agreement, first signed at COP21 in December 2015.
This is the first time a country has pulled out of hosting the conference at such short notice.
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I wonder whether there is a common language which loons, bureaucrats and dodgy scientists use to talk to each other. There's a business opportunity in there somewhere - translating for the three groups and helping them draft mutually agreeable nonsense.
Sam - good question although they all seem to speak fairly fluent Ecoloon. There are numerous rough edges though, so a translation business might be worth a punt.
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