Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff LA PAZ – Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared that Chile made a secret offer to cede territory to Bolivia in 1975 in order to grant the land-locked country freer […]
SANTIAGO – The dawn of Wednesday confirmed the rescue of the two miners who remained trapped inside the Julia Mine, owned by businessman Lázaro Milla, near Taltal, Antofagasta Region. The workers were identified as Luis […]
ANTOFAGASTA – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet yesterday inaugurated the geothermal energy plant of Cerro Pabellon in the northern region of Antofagasta. The 48 MW geothermal plant located at 4,500 meters above sea level in the […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has been confirmed as the host for this year’s Latin American Rugby League Championship. An announcement from the Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation said the city of Santiago will be the venue […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean start-up JetSMART has started its commercial service while planning to fly to 10 domestic destinations in the coming months. The Santiago-based low-cost carrier operated its first revenue flight, from Santiago to Calama […]
ANTOFAGASTA – Two immmigrants from Peru are recovering in hospital in the Chilean city of Antofagasta after being set alight by a mob of Chilean fishermen in the port city of Tocopilla. Juan Jiménez Ninaja […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has lodged an appeal against Bolivia before the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding the use of Silala River. The Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, stressed that ‘it is essential to […]
SANTIAGO – Heavy rains lashed the high altitude desert region of Antofagasta overnight and into Wednesday, suspending key operations at major mines in northern Chile. BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, said it […]
SANTIAGO – Mining giant Antofagasta Minerals has sold its minority stake in a solar park, in northern Chile, and will launch a power auction for one of its copper mines, the company said in a […]
ANTOFAGASTA – Black dust stains the walls of the building where Jaqueline Jimenez and her children once lived in northern Chile. In an industrial city like Antofagasta, there is perhaps nothing so unusual in that […]
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