SANTIAGO – Chile’s Central Bank Wednesday announced to have revoked a reciprocal credit line with its Venezuelan counterpart due to constant defaults on payments this year. In a statement, the Bank said it had notified […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has highlighted the importance of protecting the environment at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly session, stating that it is impossible to close one’s eyes to the devastation of […]
SAN JUAN – Hurricane Maria has knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5m people, emergency officials have said. Abner Gomez, head of the disaster management agency, said none of […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times LOS ANGELES – The World Tourism Cities Federation annual summit has opened in Los Angeles with a ceremony dedicated to discussion of the impacts of globalization on the tourism market, especially […]
SYDNEY – Police in Australia have held two Chilean men for their alleged involvement in an organized theft racket. Detectives, investigating 17 stealing and break and enter offences mostly targeting jewelry stores in Sydney, arrested […]
SAN JUAN – Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosello declared state of emergency Wednesday due to the Hurricane Maria, which is expected to be “more devastating than Irma”. In the morning, Maria was a category-2 hurricane […]
MEXICO CITY – More than 300 people died and 1,900 were injured when a strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday. The capital’s airport suspended operations after the 7.1 magnitude quake, and buildings across the […]
BRASILIA – The new prosecutor general tasked with leading Brazil’s anti-corruption drive was sworn in yesterday, and said she would continue her predecessor’s campaign against graft in Latin America’s biggest nation. Raquel Dodge took over […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina, which a century ago became a world power on the back of its beef exports, is poised to re-enter the top 10 shippers, helped by the end of trade curbs, and […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff LOS ANGELES – The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF), an organization voluntarily formed by famous tourism cities and tourism-related institutions, opened its 2017 summit on Tuesday. The two-day event, discussing […]
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