SANTIAGO – A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Chile’s coast on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. A tsunami is not expected, said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The quake was centered 83 miles […]
SANTIAGO – What was to be a simple shift of scientists from the Polish station Henryk Arcotowski in the Antarctica Peninsula turned out into a dramatic rescue operation, involving the Chilean Air Force, after the […]
PITAMBER KAUSHIK Unless you have been living under a rock, you would have definitely come across one of the stock headlines or earnest tweets about “The Earth’s lungs burning”, or some convenient alternative paraphrasing of […]
SANTIAGO – U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has denied accusations by a former businessman that her 2013 presidential campaign in Chile illegally took money from Brazilian company OAS. Bachelet told Chile’s 24 Horas TV […]
SANTIAGO – Within the framework of Chile Day in London, Minister of Finance Felipe Larraín has announced the sending to Congress of a bill to convert Chile into a “Regional Financial Center”. The initiative, which […]
LA PAZ – Wildfires in Bolivia have torched two million hectares (4.9 million acres) of forest and grassland since August, including some environmentally protected areas, officials said Monday. One cabinet minister decried the “macabre game” […]
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