SANTIAGO, Chile – President Michelle Bachelet says the worst wildfires that Chile has suffered in its history are now mostly under control. Bachelet said Saturday that for the moment there are no new blazes reported […]
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday denied reports she received financial support for her 2013 campaign from a construction conglomerate that is involved in Brazil’s huge Petrobras corruption scandal. Grupo OAS is among dozens of […]
The little ‘alien man’ was spotted in a park in Chile. The image shows two horse-mounted police officers riding down a tree-lined path in an area of woodland. But walking across the path between the […]
By Mohsin Abbas/ Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Out of 151 fires in the country, 83 are still in combat while 59 are controlled and nine were extinguished, according to a recent report by the […]
The Russian crew has been assigned to one of the knottiest areas where a woodland fire is threatening the town of Portosuello, home to several thousand people An Ilyushin-76 turbofan plane of the Russian Ministry […]
By Mohsin Abbas/ Santiago Times Staff Santa Olga – As many as one hundred volunteers reached the capital city on Tuesday, aiming to help the victims of the localities of Santa Olga and Los Aromos of […]
Authorities in Chile have detained 43 people suspected of stoking some of the deadly forest fires that have killed 11 people and destroyed large swaths of land, according to President Michelle Bachelet. For nearly two […]
By Ross Brown / Santiago Times Staff Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims and survivors of one of the worst wildfires in Chile’s history. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, expressed the […]
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet met with the cabinet Saturday to evaluate the plan to combat forest fires in the south-central part of the country, local media reported. The Governing Council focused its analysis on the […]
Mohsin Abbas / Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – At least 11 people have been killed and thousands displaced in a chain of worst wildfires in half a century that unleashed a catastrophe over wide swaths […]
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