The British Overseas Territory of Dominica has suffered “widespread damage” from Hurricane Maria, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Tuesday. “We have lost all that money can buy,” he said in a Facebook post. The […]
SANTIAGO – Every time there is a major event around the world, Google celebrates it by dedicating its home page. And Chile’s Fiestas Patrias is not an exception! On Tuesday, the U.S. internet giant celebrated […]
SAN JUAN – Hurricane Maria, an “extremely dangerous” category four storm, heads towards the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. It is due to hit the islands on Monday night local time. In both the Caribbean […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a “sonic attack”. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a decision whether to […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – About 28 percent of young people have been driven in a car by someone they know to be drunk, according to figures released on Friday by the National Institute […]
ROME – A Chilean couple, aged 40 and 42, brought shame to their country after they were caught in Italy trying to steal bricks from Rome’s iconic Colosseum, Italian media reported earlier this week. The […]
SANTIAGO – Today, the Republic of Chile celebrates its Fiestas Patrias. The two-day festivity begins annually on September 18 to commemorate the proclamation of the First Governing Body of 1810, and the beginning of the […]
SANTIAGO – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President Michelle Bachelet Jeria on the occasion of Chile’s Independence Anniversary. “On behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own […]
SANTIAGO – This week, President Michelle Bachelet signed into law a landmark legislation to decriminalize abortion in certain cases. Chile’s Parliament passed the bill last month after more than two years of wrangling and a […]
CARACAS – Venezuela published its oil prices in Chinese yuan for the first time on Friday, making good on its promise to layoff the U.S. dollar. Last Friday, Maduro had announced the forthcoming change, but […]
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