SANTIAGO – Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean nation’s president pardoned a former autocratic leader who had been jailed for […]
LIMA – From deep in the Amazon rainforest, Pope Francis demanded on Friday that corporations stop their relentless extraction of timber, gas and gold from God’s “holy ground,” and called on governments to recognize the […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s environmental regulator said on Thursday it sanctioned Barrick’s Pascua-Lama gold project with final closure and set a fine on the grounds that there were serious breaches. The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) […]
SANTIAGO – The Foreign Office Director of the Economic Diplomacy Directorate, Hugh Elliot is currently in Chile on a two-day visit to discuss the UK’s transition process from the European Union with the Chilean Government. […]
BRASILIA – Soccer legend Pele was rushed to a hospital in Brazil early Thursday morning after collapsing, but doctors seem confident he’ll be okay. The most famous soccer player in the world had a scare […]
SANTIAGO – Tempers are flaring up in Chile after Pope Francis accused the victims of a pedophile priest of ‘slander’ on Thursday. The pontiff said there was “no proof” for their claims that abuse by […]
SANTIAGO – Pope Francis ordered his convoy to stop on Thursday after a mounted police officer was thrown from her horse as he passed behind her in the Chilean city of Iquique. Footage shows the […]
SANTIAGO – During the first day of his South American tour, Pope Francis drove through Santiago de Chile in his popemobile to O’Higgins Park. After visiting President Michelle Bachelet at Palacio de la Moneda, the […]
SANTIAGO – Pope Francis has made history by performing a wedding ceremony for two flight attendants on board a plane travelling between cities in Chile on his last day of visiting the southern country. Paula […]
SANTIAGO – Pope Francis urged Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people on Wednesday to shun violence, saying unity was the best weapon against “the deforestation of hope,” as they struggle to defend their culture and reclaim ancestral […]
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