SANTIAGO – The first of two containers of Chinese pears is already in Chile and the second due to arrive in the first week of December. These are three varieties of high quality pears, which […]
SANTIAGO – Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, ended a 24-hour strike on Friday but could put down their tools again next week over the company’s planned layoffs, the union said. Their […]
CAIRO – Militants detonated a bomb inside a crowded mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai on Friday and then sprayed gunfire on panicked worshipers as they fled the building, killing at least 235 people and wounding […]
SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet announced Thursday that the Chilean Government will allocate an investment of 47 billion pesos (just over US$74 million) for the construction of a new airport for Easter Island, which could […]
SANTIAGO – Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, began Thursday a 24-hour strike to protest recent layoffs affecting about 3% of the operation’s workforce. On Wednesday, majority owner and operator BHP (ASX, […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – According to a study, performed by Education First, Chile’s level of English proficiency has been ranked as 45th out of 90 studied countries. This is the second consecutive […]
BUENOS AIRES – The Russian military has sent its top-notch research vessel, equipped with submersible drones, to assist the search for the missing Argentinian submarine, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The ‘Yantar’ has been […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – There were queues hours long at voting booths, I heard on Sunday. Many more people than expected had turned out to vote, and the polling stations weren’t ready […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s government is struggling to control a growing number of new HIV cases, which have doubled over the past decade. Today about 25,000 people are being treated for the virus in Chile, and […]
DHAKA – Asif A. Chowdhury, the honorary consul of Chile in Bangladesh, was conferred with the prestigious Gusi Peace prize in Manila on Wednesday for his contribution in the fields of social welfare through business. […]
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