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Obesity, a key driver of diabetes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Obesity is one of the main risk factors for diabetes. In the Americas, the percentage of adults who are obese is more than twice the world average, with more women affected than […]
Month: November 2017
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Bachelet signs new Public Education Law
SANTIAGO – Chile now has a public education law that will transfer the administration of 6,500 schools and kindergartens to the government, based on the #NuevaEducaciónPública initiative of President Michelle Bachelet. In a ceremony held […]
Lifestyle
Double Consciousness: A Review of Sebastián Lelio’s ‘Una Mujer Fantástica’
Stephen Borunda/Special to The Santiago Times Drawing widely from sources ranging from David Lynch’s film The Elephant Man to the ideas of W. E. B. Du Bois, Sebastián Lelio’s most recent film Una Mujer Fantástica […]
Sports
Peru declares public holiday after first World Cup qualification in 36 years
LIMA – Peru has declared a national holiday after the South American country became the final side to qualify for the World Cup 2018 in Russia with a 2-0 play-off victory over New Zealand in […]
Latin America
Mapuches of Chile and Argentina set to launch first cross-border march
BUENOS AIRES – The Mapuche organizations from Chile and Argentina have announced the first joint march that will cross the common border in order to protest the militarization of Mapuche territories, and to demand the […]
Travel
Chilean airline fined for flouting New Zealand immigration law
AUCKLAND – Chile’s LATAM Airlines has been warned by Immigration New Zealand not to allow a Syrian national to board a flight from Santiago to New Zealand. The passenger was using a passport for foreigners […]
Business
Argentina hopes to topple Chile as Latam’s leading lithium producer and exporter
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina is en route to becoming Latin America’s leading producer and exporter of “white petroleum” lithium. The country is disputing with its neighbor Chile, which is South America’s top producer of the […]
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Chilean Senator Rossi stabbed ahead of General Elections
SANTIAGO – A Chilean senator was hospitalized after an unknown perpetrator stabbed him with a knife while working in a campaign office in Iquique, preparing for Sunday’s elections. Senator Fulvio Rossi said his father remembered […]
Latin America
Russia and Venezuela agree $3.15bn debt deal
CARACAS – Russia and Venezuela signed a debt restructuring deal on Wednesday allowing Caracas to make “minimal” payments to Moscow in the next six years to help it meet obligations to other creditors, the Russian […]
Latin America
Private construction and infrastructure boosting Argentina’s steel industry
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s Acindar steelmaker is currently working at 70% of its installed capacity, which is 1.7 million metric tons of crude steel and 1.4 million mt of finished steel. In 2016, Acindar produced […]