SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities have detected 4,276 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 41 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest report from the Health Ministry on Friday. Of the new […]
Khawaja Dawood/The Santiago Times Special Correspondent LAHORE – A passenger plane with nearly 100 people on board crashed in a crowded neighbourhood on the edge of the international airport near Pakistan’s southern port city of […]
Ross Brown & Larisa Zinder/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The mayor of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola, on Wednesday expressed his concerns about despair and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic in the Chilean port city. “This […]
São Paulo – Fines for illegal logging in the Amazon in Brazil have been effectively suspended since October 2019 under a Bolsonaro administration decree, Human Rights Watch said in a statement. Federal enforcement agents have […]
SANTIAGO – The total number of coronavirus-related cases in Chile rose to 57,581 on Wednesday, according to the government data, with 589 fatalities and 23,992 recoveries. The world’s largest copper producer has the third highest […]
Marcelo Montecinos SANTIAGO – Health minister Jaime Mañalich was on live television earlier this week, telling Chileans that all respiratory infections would now be classified as Covid-19. “Practically, the only virus circulating at this moment […]
SANTIAGO – This year marks the 25th edition of the Catad’Or Wine Awards, and for the first time in its long history, the concourse will take place during the month of October. Catad’Or Wine Awards […]
STANLEY – The Falkland Islands government has begun lifting restrictions on internal flights and the ferry service that links the two main islands of the archipelago. Until now, these services, considered essential, since March, have […]
SANTIAGO – The United States embassy in Santiago on Wednesday issued a health alert for its citizens after the government of Chile implemented measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. The new measures include extension […]
LA PAZ – Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Anez has fired Health Minister Marcelo Navajas for his alleged role in a kickback scheme involving the purchase of 170 Spanish-made ventilators at inflated prices for COVID-19 patients. […]
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