Chile raises alert on rumbling Chillan volcano
SANTIAGO – Chile has raised the alert at the Nevados de Chillan ahead of a possible eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in Chile, after plumes of white smoke and registered tremors were […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has raised the alert at the Nevados de Chillan ahead of a possible eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in Chile, after plumes of white smoke and registered tremors were […]
BRASILIA – Norwegian energy group Norsk Hydro, accused of causing environmental damage in northern Brazil, has apologized for the unauthorized discharge of untreated water into a local river from its aluminum factory Alunorte, the largest […]
SANTIAGO – Minera Salar Blanco (MSB), the joint-venture company that operates the Maricunga project, has announced it received authorization from the Chilean Nuclear Commission (CCHEN) to extract, produce and market lithium products from the Maricunga […]
Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – On a Monday morning before sunrise in early July, Victoria Ortega begins the arduous process of bread-making inside a blue house with the words “We Sell Bread” written […]
SANTIAGO – Outgoing President Michelle Bachelet, in her last activity before leaving La Moneda Palace, has signed a decree that promulgates the national oceanic policy of Chile. The new law protecs the waters along its […]
SANTIAGO – This week, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet signed a decree allowing the creation of the Network of National Parks of Patagonia and the protection of marine areas in different areas of the South American […]
SANTIAGO – Barrick Gold, the world’s top miner of the metal, says it is writing down its investment in its Pascua-Lama project in South America to the tune of $429 million in the fourth quarter. […]
BUENOS AIRES/LA PAZ – At least six people have died in heavy flooding across the Andean nation of Bolivia, where days of rain have left thousands of people homeless, fields underwater and houses destroyed. One […]
SANTIAGO – Just days after Greenpeace released rare footage of the Antarctic seafloor, Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem has dived in a two-person submarine to visit this remote location and call for the creation of a […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has created five sprawling national parks to preserve vast tracts of Patagonia, after U.S. philanthropists Doug Tompkins and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins donated 1 million acres of private land to government – the […]
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