SANTIAGO – Spain’s Banco Santander said it had sold its U.S. unit Totalbank to Chile’s BCI for US$528 million as part of moves to sell non-core assets it inherited when it bought Banco Popular. BCI […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean government has joined the international wave of concern and condemnation over the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In tune with the United Nations resolutions, Santiago […]
WASHINGTON – The United States recognized the holy city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, in a move that could inflame tensions across the Middle East. “I have determined that it is […]
BUENOS AIRES – The Russian military has sent its top-notch research vessel, equipped with submersible drones, to assist the search for the missing Argentinian submarine, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The ‘Yantar’ has been […]
CARACAS – Venezuelan authorities have arrested the acting president of its U.S.-based refiner Citgo and five of the subsidiary’s top executives on corruption accusations, the country’s chief prosecutor revealed on Tuesday. Reports said authorities arrested […]
BUENOS AIRES – The Argentine navy has stepped up its search of the South Atlantic for a submarine with 44 crew on board that remains missing two days after its last communication on Wednesday. ARA […]
CARACAS – Russia and Venezuela signed a debt restructuring deal on Wednesday allowing Caracas to make “minimal” payments to Moscow in the next six years to help it meet obligations to other creditors, the Russian […]
CARACAS- Venezuela hosted a brief meeting of creditors on Monday as the struggling yet oil-rich country sought to stave off a default seen as inevitable by experts, while the E.U. stepped up the pressure with […]
WASHINGTON – For the first time in over 40 years, Congress has examined a U.S. president’s authority to launch a nuclear attack. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing was titled Authority to Order the Use […]
SANTIAGO – Explorers have found the remains of the steamship Itata, dubbed as the “Chilean Titanic,” which sank 95 years ago off the South American country’s northern Pacific coast. The ship sank in 1922 with […]
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