Chile sees anxiety and uncertainty among the country’s poorest as the coronavirus is spreading rapidly among more vulnerable communities, especially in the outskirts of Chilean cities, where social distancing is nearly impossible due to cramped or unsanitary conditions and the number of people who must work every day just to survive.–Photos by Mildred Caranto/The Santiago Times Staff
May 19, 2020Web EditorComments Off on Coronavirus: Protesters demanding food aid clash with police in Santiago
Dozens of people demanding government aid amidst a COVID-19 lockdown clashed with police on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Police and protesters clashed in Santiago on Monday amid a city-wide lockdown meant to […]
LIMA – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has said that Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro is “not welcome” at a regional summit to be held in his country’s capital, Lima, in April. Kuczynski cited “a rupture […]
June 15, 2020Web EditorComments Off on Chile reports 39 new COVID-19 deaths; 179,436 virus cases overall
SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities confirmed 39 new deaths Monday due to the novel coronavirus and the state’s death toll stands at 3,362. As reported by the Ministry of Health, the latest figure corresponds to a […]