SANTIAGO — A clutch of critically-endangered water frogs rescued from a muddy puddle in Chile’s driest desert has birthed 200 offspring at the country’s national zoo, the Chilean government announced on Wednesday. The Loa water […]
Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago, Plaza Italia, renamed Plaza Dignidad, to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that leftover 30 dead and thousands injured, with peaceful rallies […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean Ministry of Health on Monday reported 1,752 new coronavirus infections in the South American country. Of the 411,726 infections, a total of 16,558 patients “are in the active stage of the […]
SANTIAGO – LATAM Airlines have confirmed to the Falkland Islands government that the Punta Arenas-Santiago route will remain suspended until at least 2 January 2021, and the situation will be reviewed near that date. Falkland […]
SANTIAGO – Braving the pandemic, Chileans begin campaigning on Wednesday for a referendum on amending their dictatorship-era constitution — for many a symbol of entrenched social and economic inequality. The referendum to decide whether to […]
PUNTA ARENAS – The Chief Medical Officer from Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, resigned following an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Punta Arenas and serious statements from the Chilean minister of Health which were […]
SANTIAGO – Last week, Chile’s environmental protection service said it had slapped a record US$ 6.6 million fine on a Norwegian salmon producer for the 2018 escape of 690,000 antibiotic-fed fish. The fine, handed to […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera and and his Ecuadorian counterpart Lenin Moreno have signed a new Free Trade Agreement, which provides significant benefits for exporters and small and medium-sized companies. Piñera, who was accompanied […]
Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff As most Chileans anxiously await being able to withdraw 10% of their pension funds in the coming weeks, the questions arise: How will they spend it, and what comes after […]
SANTIAGO – Lawmakers in Chile’s lower house have approved a bill to allow citizens to withdraw up to 10% from private pension funds, dealing a blow to President Sebastian Pinera’s government. Deputies gathered in the […]
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