Chile: Hidden Housing Damage Frightens Santiago Tenants

Damian Ariel and Jorge Esteban are South America’s second, legally married gay couple

Damian Bernath and Jorge Salazar werer “married on Wednesday in Buenos Aires at a civil registry office and decided to do it completely privately,” reported Maria Rachid, head of the Argentine Federation of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered (FALGBT).

Still, the wedding was not easy and came after a long series of bumps in the road.  Authorization for the marriage came only last week by Judge Elena Liberatori – an authorization challenged by another Argentine judge.

Anti-whaling activists described last weekend how a Japanese whaling ship circled their protest vessel “like sharks” before ramming it off Antarctica.

Strife in the Antartica: a Japanese vessel rams enviro vessel “Bob Barker”.
Photo source:  MERCOPRESS

The incident happened about 300 kilometers off Cape Darnley, in the Australian Antarctic Territory, about 3pm (AEDT) on Saturday. No-one was injured in the incident.

Seven out of 59 universities in Chile have been ranked as excellent by the National Commission of Accreditation (ANC) and seven authorizing agencies. ANC President Emilio Rodriguez says the results are disturbing.

Chile’s universities and their departments can be accredited for from two to a maximum of seven years. Accreditation teams evaluate institutional management, undergraduate teaching, faculty research, postgraduate teaching, relationship with the local community and quality of infrastructure.