SANTIAGO – A bomb exploded early Monday outside the Legal Assistance Corporation (CAJ) offices in Melipilla, a city located 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Santiago, but no one was injured, Chilean police said. Investigators […]
SANTIAGO – Two lion cubs, born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father, were presented to the public at a Chilean zoo last week. “This is the first successful […]
SANTIAGO – A storm spinning in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Chile will continue to batter the country with rain, wind and high-elevation snow through Friday. Wet weather in place over the […]
SANTIAGO – A corruption scandal detected in Carabineros de Chile has gained importance following a public hearing that reveals 43 people had appropriated a figure equivalent to $26 million USD. The attorney assigned to the […]
SANTIAGO – This austral 2016/17 summer, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile, reported excellent tourist seasons, in some cases record, as tens of thousands of Argentines flocked to beaches distant from the stressful climate of the […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has become the first country in South America to sell cannabis-based medicines at pharmacies. The pilot program was launched yesterday at two pharmacies in capital Santiago, which will sell the T100 and […]
SANTIAGO – Thousands of students marched across the country on Tuesday, in a massive show against Chile’s Programa de Credito con Aval del Estado (CAE), or Students Loan Program. Joining in the call made by […]
COYHAIQUE – A Chilean man has been jailed after pulling out his girlfriend’s eyes in an attack intended to kill her. Mauricio Ortega was sentenced to 26 years and 170 days in prison for attempted […]
SANTIAGO – Seismologists have warned that Chile’s capital city Santiago may be hit by a very powerful earthquake in the near future. According to the scientists, “powerful earthquakes in South America are a result of […]
SANTIAGO / GENEVA – “Inequality is one of the hallmarks of Chilean society, and this is starkly apparent in the housing situation in the country” underlined the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate […]
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