SÃO PAULO – The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil earlier this week ordered criminal investigations of over 100 politicians who are allegedly linked to the ongoing Odebrecht corruption scandal involving bribery and money laundering. Eight […]
SAINT PETERSBURG – A Navy delegation of the Republic of Chile visited new-project warships of the Russian Navy earlier this week. It was the first visit of Chile’s Military Navy delegation to the Russian Federation, […]
SANTIAGO – Chile will produce just under 5.6 million metric tons of copper this year, up 0.8% from 2016, as the recent strike at the giant Escondida mine wiped out much of an expected increase […]
PARIS – How can parliaments contribute to the eradication of hunger in the world? This was the question answered by the Latin American and the Caribbean Parliamentary Front Against Hunger and its African counterpart, the […]
Chile lies on what is known as the “Ring of Fire” — an arc of fault lines that circles the Pacific Basin and is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. SANTIAGO — An earthquake […]
By Camila Gratacos, Francisca Carvajal and Camila Hernández / Special to the Santiago Times In a bid to deal with the current degradation of over 25 per cent of the world’s soil, the “Centro Regional […]
CARACAS – Five people have been killed as a wave of violent anti-government protests enters its third week in Venezuela. Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets in wealthy eastern Caracas amid a tropical downpour […]
MEXICO CITY – At least 24 people have been killed in a crash involving a bus and a fuel tanker near the Pacific coast in southwestern Mexico. The Thursday’s crash caused the tanker to explode, […]
SANTIAGO – Following the Greenpeace’s protest on potential approval of ten new licences in the Magallanes region, Chilean farmers say a “limited” increase in production is possible without damaging the environment of the country’s southernmost […]
SANTIAGO – Tens of thousands of students marched in Chilean cities this week to demand improvements to the nation’s higher education system, in first protest of the southern hemisphere academic year. The students were protesting […]
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