SANTIAGO – With the popular Chilean dance known as the cueca, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera inaugurated this Friday the national festivities of the country at the Parque O’Higgins. In the inaugural event, the president said […]
SANTIAGO – Walmart has reached an agreement to acquire Cornershop, a leading online on-demand marketplace in Mexico and Chile, the world’s leading retailer said in a statement on Thursday. The deal, worth $225 million, “is […]
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros will pay a state visit to China from Sept. 13 to 16 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Socialist leader said before boarding a plane […]
SANTIAGO – Facundo Jones Huala, founder of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM), has been transferred from the city of Esquel, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, to Santiago de Chile, where he will be brought […]
UNITED NATIONS – Hunger reached 821 million people in 2017 worldwide, of which about 39 million are Latin American, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its new report. The figure represents a […]
CUPERTINO, Calif. – U.S. tech giant Apple launched its new flagship smartphones – iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR – along with Apple Watch Series 4, at Steve Jobs Theatre on Wednesday. The […]
SANTIAGO – Google will invest US$140 million to expand the U.S. tech giant’s sole data centre in Latin America, the Chilean officials announced on Wednesday. The expansion, hailed by Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera as proof […]
SANTIAGO – Lawmakers in Chile on Wednesday passed legislation allowing people over the age of 14 to legally change their name and gender identity, despite intense lobbying by the Church and conservative political parties in […]
SANTIAGO – The International Court of Justice will announce its decision next month in a dispute between Chile and Bolivia about access to the Pacific Ocean, the Chilean government said on Wednesday. The Hague will […]
SANTIAGO – Representatives of municipalities of Latin America and the Caribbean will gather in Chilean capital, Santiago to attend the 13th Hemispheric Summit of Mayors and Local Governments from March 27 to 29, 2019. The […]
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