SANGTIAGO – An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale struck Chile’s Easter Islands in the South Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, U.S. and Chilean seismic centres reported, while an ensuing tsunami was ruled out. […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Energy Minister Susana Jiménez on Monday inaugurated the Tama te Ra’a plant, composed of 400 solar panels that make up a total of 100 KW, which replaces the 8% of diesel consumption […]
SANTIAGO – On this year’s Oceans Day, the Chilean government created the Marine and Coastal Protected Area of multiple uses of Rapa Nui, which together with the Motu Motiro Hiva marine park makes 72 million […]
SANTIAGO – This week, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet signed a decree allowing the creation of the Network of National Parks of Patagonia and the protection of marine areas in different areas of the South American […]
SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet announced Thursday that the Chilean Government will allocate an investment of 47 billion pesos (just over US$74 million) for the construction of a new airport for Easter Island, which could […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Pedro Edmunds Paoa, the mayor of Easter Island, has declared that the Rapa Nui people “identify with is happening in Catalonia”, citing a debt that Chile owes to […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has officially created a 740,000-square kilometer marine reserve around remote Easter Island, a move that will protect dozens of species found nowhere else. The move follows five years of […]
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