SANTIAGO – On Sunday, Sebastián Piñera began his first public speech as Chile’s president, displayed on one of the balconies of the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago with a Plaza de la Constitución full […]
SANTIAGO – At least 29 tractor trailer trucks and other heavy machinery burned by arsonists in southern Chile early on Friday, according to police and a truck owners association. In a statement following the attack, […]
SANTIAGO – Eleven people have been killed and a further 20 injured in a bus crash in southern Chile. The bus was carrying 45 passengers including officials from the local family health center who work […]
SANTIAGO – The Vatican and the Chilean bishops have simultaneously presented the program for Pope Francis’ visit. The pope will arrive in Santiago on January 15. He will have an intense schedule on January 16. […]
SANTIAGO – Angry protestors burned a bus and scattered pamphlets in protest of an upcoming visit by Pope Francis to the Araucania region, which has long been a site of attempts by the Mapuche indigenous […]
SANTIAGO – Italian utility Enel S.p.A., acting through its subsidiary Enel Generación Chile, has been awarded the supply of 1.180 TWh per year to a number of Chilean distribution companies through the tender launched by […]
SANTIAGO – Police have arrested a former secret service agent sentenced to jail for human rights abuses during the military government led by General Augusto Pinochet. Reimer Kohlitz was detained during an anti-drugs operation near […]
SANTIAGO – Eighteen semi trucks were found destroyed by fire in a parking lot in the southern Chilean city of Temuco on Saturday, in what is believed to be an arson attack. The trucks were […]
SANTIAGO – A new free download video game called “The Ultimate Border” has been rolled out in several high schools in Chile, aiming to introduce students to the history of the Mapuche people. The project […]
SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet has asked for forgiveness from Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people for “errors and horrors” committed by the state, promising to give them more power and resources. Speaking from La Moneda presidential […]
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