RIO DE JANEIRO – Hundreds of locals in Brazil recently came together to help rescue a baby humpback whale that was stranded in a beach near Rio de Janeiro. The 32-foot-long creature was found washed […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Monday sent to Congress a bill that would legalize gay marriage in one of Latin America’s most conservative nations. “We do this with the certainty that it is […]
SANTIAGO – Police in southern Chile have arrested half a dozen indigenous Mapuche people suspected of carrying out an arson attack in Los Rios region, which left 29 logging trucks burned on Monday morning. The […]
NEW YORK – The Venezuelan government has called on the United Nations to reject a U.S. military threat made against the South American country. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, also described the fresh financial sanctions […]
SANTIAGO – On Saturday, the fire department of the suburban Quilicura district of Chilean capital Santiago held a ceremony to thank the Turkish government for their “generous donation” and hail their country’s friendship with Turkey. […]
SANTIAGO – Dozens of people marched on Plaza De Arms in capital Santiago to protest against a constitutional measure that would end Chile’s absolute ban on abortions in heavily Roman Catholic nation. Chile court rules […]
CARACAS – Venezuela’s communications regulator Conatel has taken two Colombian television channels – Caracol and RCN – off the air in the name of “censorship”. No reason was given for the move, but President Nicolás […]
BRASILIA – Brazil stripped a vast Amazon nature reserve of its protected status in a move that could expand mining in the region, in a decree published on Wednesday. The four million-hectare reserve is home […]
WASHINGTON/CARACAS – U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions on Venezuela Friday, labeling President Nicolas Maduro a “dictator”. Under the new sanctions, U.S. banks are now barred from “dealings in new debt and equity issued […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff CARACAS – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has requested Pope Francis to intercede diplomatically on his behalf in order to prevent Donald Trump from sending U.S. troops into the South American […]
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