SANTIAGO – After decades of planning, construction of the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope is set to start later this month on a mountain in the middle of Atacama desert, in northern Chile. With […]
LA PAZ – Bolivian President Evo Morales has asked Pope Francis to intervene in a case of nine Bolivians imprisoned in neighboring Chile. Morales, who hosted Pope Francis on a two-day visit to Bolivia in […]
NEWPORT, Rhode Island – The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) announce the appointment of Dr. Damon Stanwell-Smith as Executive Director. Damon will lead the Secretariat and work with IAATO’s Executive Committee to ensure […]
By Margaret Wurth BRASÍLIA – Brazil’s public health emergency related to the Zika virus is over, the country’s health ministry said yesterday. But we should not declare victory over the mosquito-borne virus. The announcement came […]
SANTIAGO – Two lion cubs, born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father, were presented to the public at a Chilean zoo last week. “This is the first successful […]
BRASMLIA – A Brazilian airline tycoon has been sentenced to 16 years and six months in prison for his involvement in a 2001 murder, but could avoid jail time because he is 85. Nene Constantino, […]
By Darius Zheng/Special to The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – You might have seen an article we ran three weeks ago on a group of Chileans turning up in pink triangles outside the Ministry of Foreign […]
JAKARTA – Indonesian and Chilean presidents committed on Friday in Jakarta to concluding negotiations by the end of the year on an Indonesia-Chile comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) in 2017. Bachelet arrived on Thursday and […]
SANTIAGO – A storm spinning in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Chile will continue to batter the country with rain, wind and high-elevation snow through Friday. Wet weather in place over the […]
SANTIAGO – A corruption scandal detected in Carabineros de Chile has gained importance following a public hearing that reveals 43 people had appropriated a figure equivalent to $26 million USD. The attorney assigned to the […]
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