SANTIAGO – Researchers from Chile and Argentine have discovered teeth of an extinct species of the lineage of Gondwanatheria, a group of long-extinct early mammals that co-existed with dinosaurs, in Patagonia, the Chilean Antarctic Institute […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean Navy has contained a massive oil spill into the sea near a remote island on the country’s southern coast, according to mining company CAP SA. The 40,000-liter diesel oil spill occurred […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s National Assets Minister Felipe Ward today traveled to the Los Lagos region to celebrate the creation of the Patagonian Parks Network in the company of Kristine Tompkins, president of Tompkins Conservation, after […]
BUENOS AIRES – A Chinese renewable energy investment in Patagonia was halted after no agreement could be reached with the small Mapuche community living where the wind turbines were going to be installed. China’s Envision […]
SANTIAGO – The Tompkins Conservation and Imagen de Chile have launched an amazing campaign to raise awareness about the importance of nature conservation, and to attract tourism to places that are often too far away. […]
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff For a remarkably small country, Chile is a world on its own. Flaunting a truly diverse landscape ranging from the driest desert on Earth to southern glacial fields, and including […]
SANTIAGO – This week, Punta Arenas celebrated “Rhubarb Day” as part of the Magallanes Expo celebrations. Although not original from the extreme south of Chile, rhubarb has long grown and adapted in Magallanes region where […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has created five sprawling national parks to preserve vast tracts of Patagonia, after U.S. philanthropists Doug Tompkins and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins donated 1 million acres of private land to government – the […]
BUENOS AIRES – Police clashed with a group of Mapuche during an operation to clear lands seized by members of the indigenous community, and one young Mapuche was killed and two were injured, Argentina’s government […]
SANTIAGO – Chile plans to create new national parks in Pumalin, Melimoyu and Patagonia regions, as the South American country is expected to enjoy a rise in international visitors during its peak summer season between […]
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