A drug bust in Arica, Chile, turned up more than $12 million worth of cocaine that was bound for Spain, Reuters reported on Friday. Three suspected traffickers were arrested, two of whom are confirmed Spanish […]
SANTIAGO – Recovery of growth in Latin America and the Caribbean depends on invigorating public and private investment, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The UN organization gave that […]
In the centre of Santiago, Chile there’s a square by a metro station that lots of people walk through without stopping to chat or admire the view of the city. But that changed when 100architects […]
California’s loss could soon be Chile’s boon when it comes to prunes. While Chile has been among the world’s leading prune exporters in recent years, weather problems in California at the start of this year mean […]
Troy, N.Y. – Later this year, seismology geophysicist Steve Roecker will travel to Illapel, Chile, to remove instruments which have been tracking the struggle between two tectonic plates that caused a magnitude 8.3 earthquake on […]
SANTIAGO – Former presidents of Chile on Monday rejected the latest statements by Bolivian leader Evo Morales against Santiago along with Bolivia’s foreign policy at an official event at the La Moneda presidential palace. “The […]
Fort Worth, Texas —Allied Electronics, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), has announced its expansion into South America with the addition of a full-service sales office in Santiago, Chile. “Allied now has a presence […]
U.S. authorities say Latin America’s largest airline has agreed to some $22 million in civil and criminal fines in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to end a labor strike in Argentina a decade […]
SANTIAGO, Chile — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck Chile’s north-central region but authorities say no injuries or damage were reported and discounted the possibility of a tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter […]
The private pension system, created during the country’s right-wing dictatorship, has been described as a “forced savings” scheme. Some 150,000 people according to organizers — 50,000 according to the Chilean police — gathered in Chile’s […]
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