SANTIAGO – Chileans voted in presidential elections to choose a successor to Michelle Bachelet.
Eight candidates are standing, with conservative billionaire Sebastián Piñera seen as favourite to return to the post he held from 2010-14.
Socialist contender Alejandro Guillier, a former journalist, is regarded as the most realistic challenger to Mr. Piñera, the 67-year-old former president has been leading in recent opinion polls. However, analysts say he may fail to get 50% of the votes needed to avoid a run-off in December.
SANTIAGO – Silicon Valley analytics software firm FICO is expanding its operations in Chile with the opening of its first office in Santiago. The new office will serve customers in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and […]
BEIJING – Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro and his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping have agreed to promote bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level, the state-run Xinhua reported. Xi welcomed the visit of Maduro to […]
By Darius Zheng/Special to The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – You might have seen an article we ran three weeks ago on a group of Chileans turning up in pink triangles outside the Ministry of Foreign […]