BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s government has decided to ditch a proposed tax on wine after vineyards complained the measure would cripple the industry, the governor of the country’s top wine-making province said. President Mauricio Macri […]
DANANG, Vietnam – Trade ministers from 11 Pacific Rim countries, including Chile, have agreed a new framework to revive the proposed trade deal, following the US withdrawal earlier this year. A statement issued in the […]
SANTIAGO – Responding to criticism sparked by one of his electoral promises to layoff of tens of thousands public servants, Chile’s conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera insists dismissals will not be grounded on political preferences. […]
SATNLEY – Residents of the Falkland Islands went to the polls this week, with results released earlier Friday morning. Seventeen candidates stood for election to the Legislative Assembly and have campaigned over the past month […]
LONDON – The date of Brexit will be written into law as Theresa May warned Tory rebels that the process of leaving the European Union will not be derailed. Amendments to legislation going through Parliament […]
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 – The Supreme Court of Chile has ordered compensation of more than 1.8 billion pesos (about 2.92 million U.S. dollars) to the families of 20 of the victims of the tsunami that struck this […]
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