U.S. President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a stand on social media against the temporary US ban on refugees and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. PM Trudeau underscored his government’s commitment to bringing in “those […]
Spain has agreed to extradite to Colombia a former FARC rebel accused of carrying out 300 forced abortions on women fighters, some of them underage. Hector Arboleda Albeidis Buitrago, who has Spanish nationality, was detained […]
Last Friday was the busiest cruise season day for Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile: over 6.000 visitors, passengers and crew members, landed making it a great day for local tours operators, artisans, […]
By Carissa F. Etienne Though the devastating health effects of tobacco use are well known, tobacco’s negative repercussions extend well beyond the obvious health outcomes. Tobacco consumption creates a significant economic burden on societies because […]
Authorities in Chile have detained 43 people suspected of stoking some of the deadly forest fires that have killed 11 people and destroyed large swaths of land, according to President Michelle Bachelet. For nearly two […]
Delayed re-registration of the INGOs is making their work difficult By Waqar Gillani An international non-governmental organisation (INGO) working on malnutrition, health, and education has laid off about 80 per cent of its staff in […]
By Ross Brown / Santiago Times Staff Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims and survivors of one of the worst wildfires in Chile’s history. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, expressed the […]
Three years following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that ended a decades-long maritime dispute Peru’s relations with southern neighbor Chile are positive and see an auspicious future, former Peruvian agent to The Hague […]
Chile striker Eduardo Vargas is joining Mexico’s UANL Tigres from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, the Liga MX champions said. The 27-year-old striker, due to arrive in Mexico on Sunday, will become one of nearly 200 foreign-born […]
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