Chile’s salmon industry has laid off more than 4,000 workers so far this year and the impact is beginning to show in regional unemployment data Workers applying to withdraw unemployment insurance payments rose to 2,965 […]
Santiago.- Dozens of pushcarts used by mostly undocumented Haitians, are becoming an eyesore in Santiago, prompting chaos in traffic and minor traffic accidents that concern motorists and other sectors. Meanwhile the Environment Ministry North Dept. […]
SANTIAGO, Chile—Some 70 dead whales have been found in southern Chile less than a year after more than 330 whales washed up in a remote Patagonian inlet. The animals are not of the same species […]
A professional extreme skier from Sweden died in an avalanche in Chile, according to multiple reports. Matilda Rapaport was caught in an avalanche in the Andes mountains near the capital city Santiago while filming a […]
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Bolivia, David Choquehuanca arrived in Chile by road on a private visit, which has caused uneasiness among the authorities of this southern country. Accompanied by a bus and nine 4×4 […]
The families of executed and missing prisoners in the German enclave Colonia Dignidad (Dignity Colony) during Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime today asked support from the German government so that the site, now renamed Villa […]
SANTIAGO – Authorities seized nearly 15,000 Ecstasy tablets with a street value of 300 million pesos (roughly $460,000) at Santiago’s airport, Chile’s largest-ever seizure of that synthetic drug, customs officials said. Customs inspectors detected the […]
During the last 24 hours Fedor had to perform a few difficult manoeuvres. Yesterday afternoon the pilot saw large cumulus clouds (cumulonimbus) on the horizon, at the height of 10-11 km, well above the Morton balloon flight […]
Spanish technology company Indra is to expand the bus lane monitoring solution used by Chile’s public transportation system Transantiago in the country’s capital, Santiago. The contract, valued at US$3.1 million (€2.8 million) expands the system […]
SANTIAGO, Chile — Human rights activists have presented a criminal complaint in Chile for the alleged disappearance of some 100 political prisoners that were reportedly kept at an enclave of German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad […]
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