SANTIAGO – Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is to get its first toehold in South America, with a management contract for an existing hotel in Santiago, Chile. The Hong Kong-based group will ultimately rebrand the existing […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal – A Californian couple recently tied the nuptial knot at the Mount Everest – making their wedding world’s foremost event at one of the coldest spots. James Sissom, 35, and Ashley Schmieder, 32, […]
SANTIAGO – After decades of planning, construction of the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope is set to start later this month on a mountain in the middle of Atacama desert, in northern Chile. With […]
LA PAZ – Bolivian President Evo Morales has asked Pope Francis to intervene in a case of nine Bolivians imprisoned in neighboring Chile. Morales, who hosted Pope Francis on a two-day visit to Bolivia in […]
NEWPORT, Rhode Island – The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) announce the appointment of Dr. Damon Stanwell-Smith as Executive Director. Damon will lead the Secretariat and work with IAATO’s Executive Committee to ensure […]
By Margaret Wurth BRASÍLIA – Brazil’s public health emergency related to the Zika virus is over, the country’s health ministry said yesterday. But we should not declare victory over the mosquito-borne virus. The announcement came […]
SANTIAGO – Two lion cubs, born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father, were presented to the public at a Chilean zoo last week. “This is the first successful […]
BRASMLIA – A Brazilian airline tycoon has been sentenced to 16 years and six months in prison for his involvement in a 2001 murder, but could avoid jail time because he is 85. Nene Constantino, […]
By Darius Zheng/Special to The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – You might have seen an article we ran three weeks ago on a group of Chileans turning up in pink triangles outside the Ministry of Foreign […]
JAKARTA – Indonesian and Chilean presidents committed on Friday in Jakarta to concluding negotiations by the end of the year on an Indonesia-Chile comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) in 2017. Bachelet arrived on Thursday and […]
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