LIMA – Peru has announced that it is drafting legislation to set up a wide-reaching medical cannabis program. The Congressional Committee on National Defense in Peru has agreed to the new bill, which will include […]
OTTAWA – Authorities from British Columbia have asked the University of Victoria to develop a network of sensors to detect the first wave leading up to an earthquake, while triggering an early warning. The system […]
SANTIAGO — The Baha’i community of Chile recently donated 2,000 trees to the city of Santiago. This gift came from the Native Flora Project, a tree-planting initiative at the Baha’i House of Worship in Chile. […]
BRASILIA – Brazil’s Police raided the home of a top government official Thursday seeking evidence in yet another corruption case involving a member of embattled President Michel Temer’s Cabinet. The operation was authorized by Brazil’s […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has announced their 21-man squad to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled to start from October 6 in India. “The Communications Manager reports that the Technical Director of the Chilean […]
BRASILIA – The Organization of American States (OAS) will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission to Brazil’s general elections scheduled for October 2018. It will be the first time the hemispheric organization observes elections in Brazil. […]
Kenton X. Chance ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands – When Hurricane Irma ripped through the British Virgins Islands on Sept. 6, claiming seven lives, injuring an unknown number of people and destroying built infrastructure as […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff LOS ANGELES – It has to be admitted that Latin America has never been a leader amongst the global regions as a tourist destination. Although it is well known for […]
Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY – Central Mexico faced Wednesday the challenge of putting itself back together after the powerful 7.1-magnitude quake that devastated the capital and the neighboring states of Mexico, Morelos and Puebla the […]
OTTAWA/CARACAS – Canada says it will impose sanctions against senior members of the Venezuelan government over their “anti-democratic behavior”. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada “will not stand by silently” amid the Latin American country’s […]
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