SINGAPORE – A court in Singapore has sentenced three Chileans to jail for using criminal force and stealing cash from two men, local media reported on Monday. Two of them – Arancibia Sanchez Marcelo Atilio, […]
By Isabel Cocker / Santiago Times “I always said that we would never win the first round outright”, Presidential Candidate Sebastián Piñera commented last week at an international press conference. “And I know that the […]
BUENOS AIRES – Police clashed with a group of Mapuche during an operation to clear lands seized by members of the indigenous community, and one young Mapuche was killed and two were injured, Argentina’s government […]
LAS VEGAS – A South African woman who helps train women in self-defense was crowned Miss Universe 2017 at the pageant held in Las Vegas on Sunday. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, 22, who unleashed a big smile […]
HAVANA – More than eight million Cuban voters are likely to take part in the first round of universal elections today. The vote comes the day after the first anniversary of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s […]
SANTIAGO – Activists from different organizations marched to demonstrate against violence against women this Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Plaza Italia to then tour the Alameda de Santiago and finish the tour near Los Héroes. […]
MEXCIO CITY – The Mexican government has created a large marine reserve around a group of islands home to hundreds of species including rays, whales and sea turtles. Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto designated on […]
BARCELONA – Argentina’s star footballer Lionel Messi has signed a new contract with Barcelona that could keep him at Camp Nou until 2021, the club announced on Saturday. The contract contains a buyout clause worth […]
ROME – Brazilian footballer Robson de Souza, more commonly known as Robinho, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for taking part in the gang rape of a woman in Milan in 2013. An […]
SANTIAGO – This week, Chile inaugurated its new National Electric System after it merged the Central Interconnected Systems (SIC) and the Northern Interconnected System Grid (SING). The new system, Sistema Eléctrico Nacional in Spanish, serves […]
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