Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that a total of 138,846 people have been tested positive for COVID-19 and 2,264 people have died from the disease. In the […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Foreign Ministry has announced the closure of the embassies in Denmark, Greece, Romania, Syria and Algeria. As detailed this Sunday by El Mercurio, this Friday the ambassadors of the aforementioned countries were […]
BALTIMORE, Maryland – More than 400,000 people have died from coronaviruses worldwide , according to the Johns Hopkins University count. The figure was reached in the early hours of Sunday morning (Eastern Time). The United […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean police yesterday confirmed that a top officer from the La Moneda Presidential Security department has tested positive for COVID-19. Carabineros de Chile, in a statement on Saturday, said the colonel chief of […]
SANTIAGO – Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included. Health Minister Jaime Mañalich, in his daily media briefing, said […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina has decided to prolong the quarantine linked to the COVID-19 pandemic until 28 June in the areas most affected by the coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said this week. The president made […]
BRUSSELS – European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has announced that EU free-travel zone could be up and running again before the end of June. Countries in the 26-nation Schengen area had imposed border restrictions without […]
WASHINGTON – Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms over the weekend, citing copyright complaints. The clip, which shows photos and videos of […]
Marcelo Montecinos Saying a final goodbye to a family member in this new world is even harder than it used to be. Carlitos, as he was endearingly called by his family, friends and neighbors, went […]
SANTIAGO – This week, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera appointed diplomats Rodrigo Pérez and Hugo Llanos as the country’s ambassadors in Ecuador and New Zealand, respectively. The appointments were announced by Chilean Foreign Minister, Teodoro Ribera, […]
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