CARACAS – Venezuela’s Opposition appeared close to disintegration this week after a key leader ditched the main coalition opposed to President Nicolas Maduro, bolstering the socialist leader ahead of elections due next year. Henrique Capriles, […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Palestinian community will celebrate its heritage with a cultural and sports festival organized in the South American country beginning Friday. Under the name Taqalid, or traditions, the Central Bureau of Chilean Palestinian […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has joined the efforts to stop the plastic pollution crisis by banning single-use plastic bags. On Thursday, President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill introducing a ban on plastic bags in more than […]
SANTIAGO – This week, President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated a two-day meeting of leading businesswomen of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and the hosting nation in the Chilean capital, Santiago. Baschelet addressed the venue attended by over 300 […]
SANTIAGO – The Admiralty Sound (Seno Almirantazgo) will become the first Multiple Use Marine Coastal Protected Area (AMP-MU) in the Chilean province of Tierra del Fuego. Bárbara Saavedra, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), […]
Clemente Ferrer/Special To The Santiago Times NEW DELHI – More than 200,000 children are being exploited in India, working in harsh conditions. Under labor exploitation, without access to education and without having covered their basic […]
LONDON – Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul and former mayor of New York, has said Brexit is the “single stupidest thing any country has ever done” apart from the election of Donald Trump as […]
SANTIAGO – Majority of the public in Chile believe that Sebastián Piñera will return to La Moneda as President after the November 19th elections, according to the results of the final survey by the Public […]
BUENOS AIRES – Julio De Vido, an ex-minister in former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s government, was jailed after turning himself into authorities on Wednesday, marking an anti-corruption milestone in a country known for impunity. Congress […]
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