SANTIAGO – The outgoing president, Michelle Bachelet is ending her second non-consecutive term with an ambitious proposal for a new constitution for Chile. On Tuesday, she sent the proposal to Congress to replace Gen. Pinochet-era […]
SANTIAGO – In January, Chile’s economic activity rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier, the central bank said on Monday. This is the largest such increase in January in two years. The bank said the […]
SAO PAULO – Italy’s Fabio Fognini beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Brasil Open for the first time. The final of the clay tournament in Sao Paulo was the […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean airline, LAW (Latin American Wings) has temporarily suspended the flights between Port-au-Prince and Chile, after Haitians have been declared illegal or unqualified by the Chilean authorities to enter or remain in […]
MOSCOW – A Russia’s Antonov-26 transport plane has crashed in Syria as it was about to land, the Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. “According to the latest updates, the An-26 transport aircraft, which crashed while […]
BUENOS AIRES – The federal justice of Argentine’s Bariloche city has decided to extradite Facundo Jones Huala, leader of the Mapuche community Pu Lof in Resistencia de Cushamen, to Chile. The announcement was followed by […]
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff For a remarkably small country, Chile is a world on its own. Flaunting a truly diverse landscape ranging from the driest desert on Earth to southern glacial fields, and including […]
LOS ANGELES – The 90th Academy Awards were held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, United States, on Sunday. Here’s a list of the winners: Best Picture The Shape of Water, a drama film […]
BEIJING – China will raise its defence budget by 8.1 percent in 2018, according to a budget report to be submitted to the national legislature Monday, up from last year’s 7 percent. The 2018 defence […]
SANTIAGO/LOS ANGELES – Chilean drama “A Fantastic Woman,” a stirring story of love and loss that centers on a transgender woman, has won the Oscar for best foreign language film. “I can’t believe this happened,” […]
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